Elon Musk said SpaceX is pushing back even further the maiden launch of the company's next version of its gigantic and powerful Starship rocket.

Elon Musk announced SpaceX's Starship flight 12 now won't launch for the first time in 2026 until April at the company's Starbase HQ in Texas.

A Starship test flight is expected in the next “four to six weeks”, SpaceX’s president Gwynne Shotwell told the FT on the sidelines of the event. Musk had previously suggested in a social media post in January that Starship’s 12th test flight would occur by early March.

Elon Musk announced SpaceX's Starship flight 12 is delayed again, with the company now targeting early April for the debut of an upgraded rocket.

We've entered the third month of 2026, and SpaceX's gargantuan Starship rocket has yet to make its debut this year. Could the gap between flight tests be because SpaceX is making crucial final preparations to a new version of Starship that could be the ...

SpaceX on Tuesday rolled out the rocket booster that the company plans to use to launch the first Starship orbital flight, and Elon Musk shared photos of the enormous vehicle. Musk's company has conducted multiple short test flights of Starship prototypes ...