Posted May 21, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTCRThe VergeRichard LawlerSpaceX won’t launch its first V3 Starship today.After being pushed back an hour, we were a few minutes away from the scheduled 7:30PM ET opening of a 90-minute window for the 12th Starship flight test, before it was scrubbed about ten minutes later, saying they will try again tomorrow.This is the first test flight since SpaceX and its most significant risk factor filed for a massive IPO yesterday, the first attempt for new “next generation Starship and Super Heavy vehicles,” and the first launch scheduled from a new Pad 2 at the Starbase in Boca Chica, TX.The space race heats up: all the news on the latest rocket launchesFollow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Richard Lawler
SpaceX won’t launch its first V3 Starship today.
After being pushed back an hour, we were a few minutes away from the scheduled 7:30PM ET opening of a 90-minute window for the 12th Starship flight test, before it was scrubbed about ten minutes later, saying they will try again tomorrow. This is the first test flight since SpaceX and its most significant risk factor filed for a massive IPO yesterday, the first attempt for new “next generation Starship and Super Heavy vehicles,” and the first launch scheduled from a new Pad 2 at the Starbase in Boca Chica, TX. [Link: The space race heats up: all the news on the latest rocket launches | https://www.theverge.com/news/637438/space-race-rocket-launches-news | The Verge]
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