Subject: ?SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st Starship V3 completes fueling test ahead of May 21 liftoff?
?SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st Starship V3 completes
fueling test ahead of May 21 liftoff?
https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-12-launch-updates-may-20-2026
?SpaceX's newest version of its massive Starship, the world's largest
and most powerful rocket, is now scheduled to launch its critical test
flight no earlier than Thursday, May 21, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT)
from Starbase, Texas,.?
?You can see our latest updates on the Starship V3 (short for Version 3) rocket, including its test flight goals, system upgrades and more.
Flight 12 is the 12th test flight of the Starship vehicle since 2023,
but the first for this year, and the first Starship test flight in 7
months.?
?The world's biggest rocket: How SpaceX's new Starship 'V3' differs from
its predecessors?
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/the-worlds-biggest-rocket-how-spacexs-new-starship-v3-differs-from-its-predecessors
?V3 stands about 5 feet (1.5 meters) taller than previous Starship
builds and packs a much heavier punch. Both stages ?Super Heavy and Ship
? have been equipped with SpaceX's new Raptor 3 engine ? sleeker, more powerful and more reliable upgrades over the previous Raptor 2. For the
Super Heavy booster, that means 33 engines firing with a combined thrust
of over 18 million pounds at liftoff.?
More bigger rockets !
Hat tip to:
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2026/05/third-version-lucky.html
Lynn
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