Starship test flight has been building for weeks, with space enthusiasts closely watching every update from SpaceX. The company’s massive Starship rocket, the largest and most powerful ever built, has become one of the most closely followed experimental space systems in the world.

SpaceX is getting ready to launch the largest and most powerful rocket in history, aiming to revolutionize the heavy-lift launch market.

The launch window will open at 6:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 19, for a new version of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket to undertake a critical test flight.

SpaceX is now targeting a Friday, May 22, launch for its newest Starship design, the Starship V3 megarocket after a launch scrub. See our latest updates here.

SpaceX is now targeting a Thursday, May 21, launch for its newest Starship design, the Starship V3 megarocket. See our latest updates here.

SpaceX is targeting a Thursday, May 21, launch for its newest Starship design, the Starship V3 megarocket. See our latest updates here.

Starship test flight has been building for weeks, with space enthusiasts closely watching every update from SpaceX. The company’s massive Starship rocket, the largest and most…

SpaceX is now targeting the evening of May 21 to launch the latest and largest version of its Starship megarocket for the first time

A live stream of the launch will be available to watch what Elon Musk describes as ‘alien-level technology’

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SpaceX is getting ready to launch Starship Version 3, the next-generation spacecraft designed for Moon and Mars missions under NASAs Artemis program. The test flight marks the…

The first liftoff of Starship Version 3 is imminent.

Starship V3 is stacked on the launch pad in preparation for its first flight, you won't want to miss it.

SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy performs a wet dress rehearsal tanking test in preparation for the 12th integrated test flight of the launch vehicle. Image: SpaceX

Elon Musk's SpaceX is poised to launch its next-generation Starship with the enormous rocket seen as critical to pushing deeper into space

The new third-generation Starship, dubbed V3, which is larger, more powerful and a step closer to being fully reusable, is expected to launch Thursday evening.

Friday’s flight could be the most pivotal test of the Starship megarocket

Today’s Starship flight test is being billed as a make-or-break mission for Elon Musk and SpaceX

The launch, when it comes, will mark the 12th flight test of Starship and the first demonstration of its V3 design—a new attempt could come as soon as Friday

SpaceX plans to launch its upgraded Starship V3 rocket on May 21 from Starbase, Texas, weeks before its planned IPO. Here's what investors should watch.

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