SpaceX lit the engines on its next-generation V3 Starship for the first time in late May 2026, conducting a static fire test at the company’s Boca Chica launch site in South Texas. The brief but ...
The Starship upper stage also went through its first full-duration static fire test on April 14.
The key aspect of the V3 setup is that it is fully reusable, with both stages of the hardware capable of returning to be used once more. The upcoming liftoff of the V3 is called Flight 12, but we ...