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SpaceX Starship Flight 12 live launch updates: Weather looks good for Starship V3 launch today
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SpaceX's newest version of its massive Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, is now scheduled to launch its critical test flight no earlier than Friday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) from Starbase, Texas. Our live webcast will begin at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT). A launch attempt on May 21 was scrubbed in the last minute.
You can see our latest updates on the Starship V3 (short for Version 3) rocket, including its test flight goals, system upgrades and more. Flight 12 is the 12th test flight of the Starship vehicle since 2023, but the first for this year, and the first Starship test flight in 7 months.
SpaceX launches its biggest rocket yet in test flight from Texas
The launch is the 12th test flight of the mega-rocket that CEO Elon Musk is building to get people to Mars one day
SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that Nasa is counting on to land astronauts on the moon.
The redesigned mega-rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced he’s taking the company public. It blasted off from the southern tip of Texas, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites for release halfway around the world.
It’s the 12th test flight of the rocket that Musk is building to get people to Mars one day. But first comes the moon and Nasa’s Artemis program.
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The most powerful rocket ever built is now even bigger and more powerful. But will it work?
After a seven-month hiatus, SpaceX is set to launch a new, more powerful version of its Starship megarocket â reigniting a make-or-break testing campaign aimed at hashing out unprecedented rocketry challenges and getting the vehicle ready to carry NASA astronauts to the moon.
SpaceX set to launch amped-up Starship V3 on inaugural test flight
But experts question whether this vehicle â or a competing spacecraft under development by the Jeff Bezos-founded Blue Origin â will be ready in time to sway the outcome of what US lawmakers say is an ongoing space race with China.
Version 3 of Starship was expected to launch Thursday evening, but a series of stop-and-start holds occurred late in the countdown. With teams unable to clear the red flags in time to recycle the countdown clock, SpaceX could make another launch attempt as soon as Friday at 6:15 p.m. ET, but the company said it will share updates on social media.
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