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SpaceX Flies Its Biggest Starship Yet on a Fiery 12th Test

2026-07-06

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Summary

SpaceX launched its largest, most powerful Starship yet on May 22, 2026 from Starbase, Texas — the first flight of Version 3, powered by dozens of new Raptor 3 engines.
It deployed 20 mock Starlink satellites and flew halfway around the world to the Indian Ocean, then erupted in flames on impact after engine trouble on the booster's return.
NASA is counting on Starship to land astronauts on the Moon later this decade.

The question

SpaceX's Starship will get humans to the Moon and eventually Mars.

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