SpaceX successfully launched its Version 3 Super Heavy-Starship rocket from Texas on Friday in a critical test flight for the company’s future. The 407-foot-tall V3 Starship rocket, designed as the most powerful ever built,

For the first time, we have an outsider’s view of what Starship endures on the way home. Two small camera satellites, released from the vehicle during its Flight 12 test mission in May 2026, trailed behind the ship as it slammed back into Earth’s atmosphere and captured live images of its heat shield tiles glowing

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SpaceX's newest and biggest Starship will have to wait at least another day before launching on a test flight from Texas.

The countdown is back on for the 12th flight of the Starship mega-rocket from Starbase after a series of problems forced a scrub Thursday.