SpaceX is counting down toward the 12th test flight of its Starship mega-rocket from Starbase in South Texas. Follow along here for updates of the launch and flight.

SpaceX is targeting a Thursday, May 21, launch for its newest Starship design, the Starship V3 megarocket. See our latest updates here.

When SpaceX stacks its next Starship for Flight 12, expected from Boca Chica, Texas, in mid-2026, two small camera probes will ride along with a single job: photograph the ship’s heat-shield tiles in real time as they slam into the atmosphere at roughly 27,