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 first significant launch of 2026 and introduces a redesigned rocket with increased size, thrust, and upgraded Raptor engines. The mission will analyze booster recovery systems, heat shield performance, and satellite deployment capabilities. It comes amid delays in development and growing expectations for future crewed lunar missions.

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.

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.

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…

STARBASE, Texas (Reuters) -- SpaceX is poised this week to conduct the 12th uncrewed test flight of its next-generation Starship rocket, the first of a newly u

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

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

V3 is the Starship variant that will fly NASA's Artemis moon missions.

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.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX postponed the launch of its upgraded Starship megarocket on Thursday after multiple countdown stops-and-starts forced the company to call off the highly…

Friday's test flight marks a major milestone for SpaceX as the company gears up to go public and to participate in NASA's Artemis III mission in 2027

It’s the 12th test flight of the rocket that SpaceX is building to get people to Mars one day. But first comes the moon and NASA’s Artemis program.