SpaceX's Starship launches are currently suspended following a mishap during a recent test flight, prompting an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Elon Musk's SpaceX called off Thursday's launch at the 11th hour, but now a launch has successfully taken place.

SpaceX’s biggest and most powerful Starship yet thundered off the pad in South Texas in late May 2026, muscled its way to space on a cluster of next-generation Raptor engines, released 22 satellite stand-ins from its cavernous payload bay,

The flight lifted off shortly after 5:30 pm local time (2230 GMT), with SpaceX employees cheering during a live stream as the vehicle completed its controlled descent. Splashdown

Here's why SpaceX waited seven months to try to fly Starship again.

SpaceX successfully launched its first next-generation Starship V3 megarocket on a test flight from Starbase, Texas on May 22. Our wrap story will be posted shortly. The Ship upper stage lost one engine but performed most of its planned objectives and landed in the Indian Ocean as planned.

Far out in the Indian Ocean, floating cameras captured a fiery moment that revealed how SpaceX is changing not just rockets, but the way the world watches spaceflight.