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Topic: [Discuss] SpaceX Starship: Flights 10 onwards
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 56570
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-11-2026 05:24 PM
   
SpaceX update Launch rehearsal complete. During a flight-like countdown, more than 5,000 metric tonnes (11+ million pounds) of propellant were loaded on the fully stacked Starship and Super Heavy V3 vehicles for the first time.  
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 56570
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-12-2026 08:02 PM
SpaceX is targeting as early as Tuesday (May 19) for the 12th flight test of Starship from Starbase.Update: The launch is now as soon as Thursday, May 21 at 5:30 p.m. CDT. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 56570
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-21-2026 02:08 PM
SpaceX update On track for today's Starship flight test. The launch window is from 5:30 p.m. CT to 7 p.m. CT and live coverage starts about 45 minutes before launch. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 56570
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-21-2026 06:42 PM
Standing down from today's launch attempt. From Elon Musk: The hydraulic pin holding the tower arm in place did not retract. If that can be fixed tonight, there will be another launch attempt tomorrow [Friday, May 22] at 5:30 CT. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 56570
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-22-2026 05:23 PM
Watch Starship's twelfth flight test: |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3959
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 05-22-2026 06:43 PM
Not perfect, but a very impressive recovery allowing an on-target splashdown. I suspect SpaceX got more useful data than on a nominal 6-engine Starship burn. |
issman1
Member Posts: 1230
From: UK
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 05-23-2026 12:50 AM
It is easy for one to be cynical and pessimistic about Starship than hopeful and optimistic. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 56570
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-23-2026 07:47 PM
If nothing else, Flight 12 produced some pretty pictures: 
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