SpaceX’s debut of its next-generation version of Starship managed to take flight Friday, suffering engine headaches after liftoff, but ultimately reaching its target landing site that climaxed with an expected fireball as

BOCA CHICA, Texas — SpaceX shook the South Texas coastline in May 2026 when it lit all 33 Raptor 3 engines on the first Starship V3 Super Heavy booster, producing what the company says is the most powerful rocket ignition in history. The full-duration ...

Even though Blue Origin suffered a massive explosion of its New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday night, two other launch providers pushed forward with missions Friday on

SpaceX’s biggest and most powerful Starship yet thundered off the pad in South Texas in late May 2026, muscled its way to space on a cluster of next-generation Raptor engines, released 22 satellite stand-ins from its cavernous payload bay,

SpaceX launched the newest version of its giant Starship rocket Friday (May 22), from a recently completed second pad at its Starbase manufacturing and test facility in South Texas. Liftoff occurred at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT), sending the massive 408-foot-tall (124-meter) vehicle skyward on its 12th suborbital test flight.

The new rocket features a host of upgrades intended to improve safety and performance of the world's most powerful rocket.

SpaceX’ Starship vehicle lifts off May 22 on the Flight 12 mission, the first of version 3 of the vehicle. Credit: SpaceX webcast Updated 8 a.m. Eastern May 23 with FAA statement. WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched the newest version of its Starship vehicle ...