SpaceX was hoping to launch the 12th test flight of its Starship mega-rocket from Starbase in South Texas. It will try again Friday evening.

SpaceX aborted its Starship launch seconds before liftoff after technical glitches involving hydraulic systems and fuel readings. Elon Musk said the company will attempt another high-stakes test flight on Friday.

SpaceX started off Memorial Day with a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral. Live updates from the May 25 liftoff.

The 12th launch of the mega-rocket is coming just weeks before the company is set to go public in what could be largest-ever offering of shares.

The Starship program’s first flight in months will mark the much-anticipated debut of an upgraded version of the vehicle. But success is far from guaranteed.

SpaceX’s twelfth flight test of its next-generation Starship and Super Heavy vehicle, originally scheduled for today, May 21, 2026, was scrubbed during the final countdown. Despite intense anticipation surrounding the debut of the upgraded Version 3 (V3) architecture and the newly designed launch pad at Starbase,

Elon Musk's SpaceX postponed the highly anticipated launch of its upgraded Starship megarocket, calling off Thursday's test after multiple countdown stops-and-starts.

The 12th test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket came to a dramatic close, with the spacecraft managing to complete a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean despite operating without one of its engines.

SpaceX postponed the 12th Starship test flight after a hydraulic issue hit the launch tower in Texas, delaying Elon Musk’s upgraded megarocket mission amid major NASA and IPO stakes.

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