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

SpaceX’s Starship 12 rocket had a successful launch Friday night, before concluding its test run around the Earth with a planned fireball explosion as it splashed down in the Indian Ocean. The rocket’s launch — the largest and most powerful of its kind — took place at around 6:30 p.

As Elon Musk's SpaceX works toward a May 19 debut of its third-generation Starship, here's a look back at all the previous test flights to date.

The boundary between deep space exploration and absolute spectacle blurred yet again on Friday, May 22, 2026.Following the highly anticipated liftoff of SpaceX’s 12th integrated Starship test flight,

The 12th test flight deployed mock satellites but the Super Heavy booster was destroyed after separation. SpaceX aims to raise $75 billion next month.

SpaceX is set to launch the 12th uncrewed test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, the debut of a redesigned vehicle central to Elon Musk's plans for the moon, Mars and the

The 12th test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket came to a dramatic close, with the spacecraft managing to complete a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean despite operating without one of its engines.

During a high-volume deluge test on the new Orbital Launch Pad 2 one of the methalox gas generators that supplies high-pressure nitrogen for the deluge system exploded. The explosion sent roof panels and debris flying. There was the target launch of May 12 ...

SpaceX successfully launched its first next-generation Starship V3 megarocket on a test flight from Starbase, Texas on May 22. Our wrap story will be posted shortly. The Ship upper stage lost one engine but performed most of its planned objectives and landed in the Indian Ocean as planned.