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SpaceX fires all 33 Raptor 3 engines on the first Starship V3 booster — the most powerful rocket ever ignited targets mid-May launch

BOCA CHICA, Texas — SpaceX shook the South Texas coastline in May 2026 when it lit all 33 Raptor 3 engines on the first Starship V3 Super Heavy booster, producing what the company says is the most ...
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SpaceX will bring its Super Heavy booster down for a water landing in the Gulf today — skipping the tower catch on the maiden V3 flight

For the first time, SpaceX will fly a Starship V3 configuration from its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, sending the upgraded Super Heavy booster on a trajectory that ends not with the ...