18 May 2026
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st-ever Starship V3 test gets new launch date
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 will now launch on May 21 The test flight will send Starship's upper stage on a suborbital trajectory partway around the world, with splashdown coming in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia about 65 minutes after liftoff. Starship's Super Heavy first stage will make a controlled splashdown of its own in the Gulf of Mexico about seven minutes after launch. Flight 12…
18 May 2026
The US space enterprise is desperately waiting for Starship—will it finally deliver?
All roads lead to Starship “This is such a wild ride. The highs are high. The lows are low.” Starship V3 completes a successful wet dress rehearsal on May 11. Credit: SpaceX
14 May 2026
SpaceX rocket launch today. How to see liftoff from Vandenberg
The next rocket launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base is coming up. Here's how to watch the SpaceX Starlink mission.
14 May 2026
SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket will do something completely new on Flight 12 — take a good look at itself
SpaceX conducts a full-duration static fire test with the upper stage of the Starship V3 vehicle that will conduct the Flight 12 test. The vehicle is made of stainless steel; the black comes from its heat shield, a set of 40,000 closely set hexagonal tiles. (Image credit: SpaceX)
14 May 2026
From explosions to milestones, SpaceX’s Starship journey to flight 12
As SpaceX works toward a May 19 debut of its third-generation Starship, here's a look back at all the previous test flights to date. In April, SpaceX marked three years of Starship flight tests. Now, billionaire Elon Musk 's commercial spaceflight company is about to launch the world's largest rocket for the 12th time ever.
13 May 2026
Rockets Launching from Colombia's Uraba? Antioquia Offers to Elon Musk as Potential Spaceport
Uraba reaches for the stars as Antioquia invites Elon Musk to look toward Colombia . The possibility that a SpaceX rocket could one day rise from Colombia’s Caribbean coast may sound like science fiction. Yet a brief exchange on X between Elon Musk and Antioquia’s Governor Andres Julian Rendon has unexpectedly placed Urabá at the center of a serious conversation about geography, infrastructure,…
13 May 2026
Elon Musk Says SpaceX May Build Advanced Spaceports Worldwide
ELON MUSK: SpaceX Exploring Global Locations for Next-Generation Spaceports Elon Musk said SpaceX is actively considering multiple domestic and international locations to build what he described as “the world’s most advanced spaceports,” signaling another ambitious expansion of the company’s long-term space infrastructure strategy.
13 May 2026
SpaceX prepares to launch next-generation Starship, the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built
SpaceX will launch its next-generation Starship — the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built — as early as Tuesday (May 19), the company announced.
13 May 2026
SpaceX is skipping the booster catch on Starship V3's debut flight — and the reason quietly reveals which milestone Musk actually cares about hitting before Ar…
SpaceX will not attempt to catch the Super Heavy booster on Starship V3’s debut flight. The booster will steer itself to a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico instead of returning to the launch tower’s mechanical arms — the maneuver that became the defining image of the program on multiple V2 flights.
