SpaceX Starship V3 Makes Debut Test Flight Days After IPO Filing, Reaching Indian Ocean Despite Engine Trouble

Ross Gerber Backs SpaceX IPO Following Successful Starship V3 Test Launch: 'Perfect Timing For...'

Ross Gerber backs SpaceX IPO after successful Starship test as the commercial space flight giant gears up for public listing next month.

Musk Just Launched Our Future – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

On Friday, May 22, 2026, Starship Version 3, the world’s tallest, most powerful rocket, hurtled into space, successfully executing the most complex set of technology demonstrations ever attempted on a single launch. Ever. At 4:30 p.m. Central Time, the SpaceX flight director gave a GO for propellant loading and initiated the T-50 countdown. The countdown progressed — like clockwork — and by 5:30 p.m., both Super Heavy booster and Starship were f…

SpaceX’s Bold NEW Rocket—Proven OR Overhyped?

SpaceX’s Starship V3 debut put America’s biggest rocket program back in the spotlight, but the public record still matters more than the hype. SpaceX’s New Starship Stack SpaceX’s launch page described Flight 12 as the twelfth flight test of Starship and set a 90-minute window beginning at 5:30 p.m. Central Time . Launch trackers identified...

SpaceX Starship V3 Makes Debut Test Flight Days After IPO Filing, Reaching Indian Ocean Despite Engine Trouble

SpaceX launched the most powerful version of its Starship mega-rocket ever built on Friday in a test flight that covered roughly half the circumference of the Earth before culminating in a controlled impact in the Indian Ocean, two days after the company published its landmark IPO filing targeting a NASDAQ listing under the ticker SPCX. The third-generation Starship, designated V3 and standing 408 feet tall when fully stacked on its Super Heavy …

What is pending for SpaceX Starship to be a Moonship for NASA astronauts? Nearly everything.

First launch of SpaceX’s Starship V3 launch vehicle. Image: SpaceXSpaceX’s latest suborbital test flight of its two-stage Starship rocket on May 22, debuting a refined V3 version, was successful in its liftoff, stage separation, mock satellite deployment test, and the upper stage’s soft oceanic splashdown while its heat shield remained intact through atmospheric reentry. However, the flight failed in even attempting a soft splashdown of the larg…

SpaceX flies Starship V3 in first test; booster fails to relight, ship completes payload deployment

SpaceX launched the upgraded Starship V3 for the first time, testing new hardware and a new launchpad, but the Super Heavy booster failed to relight and tumbled into the water while the upper Starship deployed its payload before a planned ocean re-entry ended in an expected explosion. The flight validated many new systems, including third‑generation Raptor engines and payload release, even as some recovery goals were missed. Launch and sequenceT…