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Watch live as SpaceX debuts the latest version of its revolutionary Starship launcher on the 12th test flight for the program. Liftoff of the Version 3 integrated Starship vehicle from a new launch pad at Starbase in Texas is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 5:30 p.m. CDT / 6:30 p.m. EDT / 2230 UTC on Friday, May 22. The mission will see splashdowns of the Super Heavy booster (Booster 19) in the Gulf of Mexico and the Starship upper stage (Ship 39) in the Indian Ocean. The Starship upper stage will deploy 20 Starlink simulators, similar in...

Watch live as SpaceX debuts the latest version of its revolutionary Starship launcher on the 12th test flight for the program. Liftoff of the Version 3 integrated Starship vehicle from a new launch pad at Starbase in Texas is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 5:30 p.m. CDT / 6:30 p.m. EDT / 2230 UTC on Thursday, May 21. The mission will see splashdowns of the Super Heavy booster (Booster 19) in the Gulf of Mexico and the Starship upper stage (Ship 39) in the Indian Ocean. The Starship upper stage will deploy 20 Starlink simulators, similar in...

Starship Probably Isn't Launching May 15th... Here's Why | 6:39Ellie in Space | 224K subscribers | 40,749 views | May 10, 2026

SpaceX's Starship megarocket may indeed get off the ground next week.The company is apparently targeting May 15 for the test flight, which will be the 12th for Starship overall but the first for the new, more powerful "Version 3" of the giant vehicle.SpaceX cleared a big hurdle on the path to liftoff on Thursday (May 7), conducting a static-fire test with Starship's Super Heavy first stage at its Starbase site in Texas. The company lit up all 33 of Super Heavy's Raptor engines while the booster remained anchored to the pad — and everything apparently went well."Full duration and full...

Interview with Joe Tegtmeyer. Another Setback for Starship Flight 12? What Happened Now? | 18:11 Ellie in Space | 223K subscribers | 32,205 views | May 3, 2026

The most powerful rocket engine test ever conducted on Earth happened ten days ago. 33 SpaceX Raptor 3 engines. Six seconds. We talked about it on the show. What we didn't talk about is what happened before that. Because we didn't know. Nobody outside SpaceX knew. Until this week, when SpaceX released a 24-minute documentary and showed us the two static fire attempts that didn't work. This documentary changes how I'm thinking about Flight 12. Let me show you why. SpaceX Finally Gives Out The BIG Starship News!!! This Changes Everything About Starship Flight 12 | 21:03 What about it!?...

Three years since the first flight of Starship, the next generation is here. New ship. New booster. New engines. New pad and new test site. SpaceX engineers are working to solve one of the most difficult engineering challenges in history: developing a fully, rapidly reusable rocket. “Test Like You Fly” launches a series that takes you inside the factories and onto the launch pads where humanity's future in space is unfolding.

Dustin@r0ck3t23·Apr 19Larry Ellison just asked the one question no journalist on Earth can answer.A Wall Street Journal writer told Ellison to his face that Elon Musk doesn’t know what he’s doing.Ellison didn’t argue. Didn’t get emotional. He just asked a question.Ellison: “This guy is landing rockets on robot drone rafts in the ocean, and you’re saying he doesn’t know what he’s doing. You ever land a rocket?”One question. No recovery.Ellison: “Who are you? Why should I believe you as opposed to my friend Elon?”This is the question the entire media class has been dodging for a decade. Who are you...

Starship 39. Sixty seconds. All six engines. Full duration. SpaceX's Booster 19. Six seconds. All 33 Raptor 3 engines. The most powerful rocket engine test ever conducted on Earth. How did it go, and can we finally see Starship Flight 12 now? Meanwhile, two fierce competitors are getting ready to pressure SpaceX even more! But is there even demand for all this? SpaceX Does The BIG Test! Starship Super Heavy ROARS To Life! Flight 12 Next! | 25:02 What about it!? | 632K subscribers | 107,141 views | April 17, 2026

Lunar Starship (the Starship Human Landing System, or HLS, for NASA's Artemis program) is in active development but remains several years from its first crewed lunar landing. As of early April 2026, the program has made substantial progress on hardware testing and subsystem qualification, yet key challenges like in-orbit propellant transfer, long-duration flights, and an uncrewed lunar demonstration are still ahead—contributing to schedule delays. Current Status and Major Achievements SpaceX has completed 49 contractual milestones for the HLS contract with NASA (out of many total), with most achieved on or ahead of schedule. These cover: Life support and thermal control...

In 2002, a part-time single mother at a small rocketry consultancy was driving on an LA freeway when she decided she was being an idiot for not taking a job at a startup with zero successful launches and seven employees. Gwynne Shotwell joined SpaceX as employee number seven. Her job: convince governments and corporations to buy rides on rockets that didn't exist yet. The Falcon 1 failed three times. On the fourth attempt, September 2008, it reached orbit. Two months later, Shotwell negotiated a $1.6 billion NASA contract that saved the company from bankruptcy. She was promoted to President the...

This week at Starbase crews prepare for the installation of Ship 40's flaps and raceways, Ship 39 performs its first few rounds of cryo testing at the Massey Outpost, and testing and preparations continue at Pad 2 as we eagerly await the arrival of Booster 19. Meanwhile, beyond Starbase, SpaceX launches 3 more Starlink missions, and the next tower module is rolled out to SLC-37. Can Starship V3 Actually Launch In 4 Weeks? | 6:02 Avid Space | 249K subscribers | 10,135 views | March 8, 2026

Well Starship Version 3 Is Finally About To Light Up! SpaceX is about to roll Super Heavy Booster 19 to Pad 2 at Starbase in Texas. In this week's update we break down the latest Starship testing at Massey's, including Ship 39 cryogenic testing, flap actuation tests, and new Version 3 hardware ahead of Flight 12. We also cover major progress on the orbital launch mount, Pad 2 preparations, Ship 40 production for Flight 13, updates to NASA's Artemis program and lunar landing plans, multiple Falcon 9 Starlink launches, Rocket Lab's Electron mission, and the latest developments across the rapidly...

Starship Flight 12 in 4 weeks, Amazon Urges FCC to Deny SpaceX Plan to Launch 1M Satellites | 7:43 Ellie in Space | 220K subscribers | 4,856 views | March 7, 2026

SpaceX is dropping the bomb! Ship 39 is at the test site after a spectacular rollout. But there’s a story they didn’t tell us. Starship Flight 12 is closer than you might think, and Starbase is getting ready for a giant leap! And NASA… is overthrowing its own plans while SLS is still stuck on the ground. Radical change is coming for Artemis, and it’s not at all what you’d expect! SpaceX Starship: Flight 12 Ship 39 Reveals A Secret Trick! | 21:37 What about it!? | 625K subscribers | 19.585 views | March 3, 2026

Starship Block 3 just entered a new testing phase and SpaceX is preparing Starship Flight 12. NASA’s Starliner Crew Flight Test report classifies the mission as a Type A mishap and confirms no crew will fly again until full requalification. Artemis II faces delay after a liquid hydrogen leak during SLS wet dress rehearsal was resolved, only for a helium repressurization anomaly in the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage to trigger rollback to the VAB. Starship Ready for Its Toughest Test Ever Starliner Years-Old Design Flaw NASA Missed | 14:47 Scientia Plus | 54K subscribers | 11,966 views | February 23,...

[snip] I just had to pull my video that I made last night about the leaks being solved. No more hydrogen leaks with Artemis and the launch being no earlier than March 6th. I literally just woke up and the information is now completely changed and it's not good. Jared Isaacman shared on X that after overnight data showed an interruption in helium flow in the SLS interim cryogenic propulsion stage, teams are troubleshooting and preparing for a likely roll back of Artemis 2 to the vehicle assembly building at NASA Kennedy. This will almost assuredly impact the March launch...

Dive into the latest SpaceX Starship developments in this week's update, where Booster 19 aces its cryogenic proof tests at Massey's, paving the way for Flight 12 amid ongoing Raptor 3 engine testing at McGregor. We explore massive expansions at Starbase's launch site, including new tank farms, deluge systems, and Pad 2 upgrades, plus aerial views of the rising Gigabay and hardware stacking for future vehicles like Ship 40 and Booster 20. From test tank progress and Sanchez lot innovations to McGregor's high-output engine testing - now sufficient for three full Starship stacks - we cover it all, including Elon...

In the last week SpaceX has acquired XAI and presumably related to that they submitted plans to the FCC exploring the construction of a compute cluster in Earth orbit with one million spacecraft. So, I try to use Universe Sandbox to visualize this.... and it's not easy. For technical reasons this is a limited version visualizing the kind of orbits we expect, but you can play with it yourself if you own Universe Sandbox. What Would SpaceX's Space Datacenter Plans Look Like? | 11:31 Scott Manley | 1.83M subscribers | 50,409 views | February 10, 2026

SummarySpaceX shifts focus to lunar city, Mars project delayed Musk cites civilization's future, Moon is faster than Mars SpaceX plans uncrewed lunar landing by March 2027 Feb 8 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a "self‑growing city" on the moon, which could be achieved in less than 10 years. SpaceX still intends to start on Musk's long-held ambition of a city on Mars within five to seven years, he wrote on his X social media platform, "but the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster."...