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The Starbase team plans to have the next Super Heavy booster stacked in December, which puts it on pace with the test schedule planned for the first Starship V3 vehicle and associated ground systems. Starship’s twelfth flight test remains targeted for the first quarter of 2026.

Booster 18 suffered an anomaly during gas system pressure testing that we were conducting in advance of structural proof testing. No propellant was on the vehicle, and engines were not yet installed. The teams need time to investigate before we are confident of the cause. No one

Thank you, Mr. President @POTUS, for this opportunity. It will be an honor to serve my country under your leadership. I am also very grateful to @SecDuffy, who skillfully oversees @NASA alongside his many other responsibilities. The support from the space-loving community has

Starship continues to simultaneously be the fastest path to returning humans to the surface of the Moon and a core enabler of the Artemis program’s goal to establish a permanent, sustainable presence on the lunar surface → https://t.co/dGAZiB4rr3

For the first time in our existence, we possess the means, technology, and, for the moment, the will to establish a permanent human presence beyond Earth. Starship is designed to make this future a reality → https://t.co/dGAZiB4rr3

Starship reenters Earth’s atmosphere on Flight 11. Data gathered from this flight will inform future Starship missions that will return to the launch site for catch and reuse

Super Heavy hot-staging and boostback burn

Starship ascends to space

Starship successfully executing a landing flip, landing burn, and soft splashdown

33 Raptor engines powering the Super Heavy booster off the pad from Starbase

Super Heavy hover

Final descent and splashdown of Starship on Flight 11, captured by the SpaceX recovery team in the Indian Ocean

Liftoff of Starship!

Watch Starship's eleventh flight test → https://t.co/YmvmGZTV8o

Starship stacked for flight. This is planned to be the final launch from Pad 1 at Starbase in its current configuration

Starship’s tenth flight test took a significant step forward in developing the world’s first fully reusable launch vehicle. Next up: Flight 11 of Starship is targeted to launch as early as Monday, October 13 → https://t.co/YmvmGZUsXW

During testing at Firefly’s facility in Briggs Texas, the first stage of Firefly’s Alpha Flight 7 rocket experienced an event that resulted in a loss of the stage. Read more here:

Our Eclipse rocket engines need a test stand that can take the heat. With 95+ Miranda hot fires notched on our belts, go behind the scenes with the team at Test Stand 5 in the latest Ranch Hands episode!

Starship completes a full-duration static fire ahead of the eleventh flight test

Unlimited opportunities and tangible benefits for life on Earth are within reach if humanity can fundamentally advance its ability to access space. This is why we’re committed to continually pushing the boundaries of launch, with a relentless focus on safety and reliability →