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SpaceX scrubbed the Starship/Super Heavy test flight at Starbase Texas after the countdown abort was triggered when several engines failed to ignite during ignition; live video showed about four of the 33 boosters not firing, teams began draining propellant and replacing two Raptors, with a new attempt likely early next week as engineers refine the ignition sequence ahead of orbital flight readiness.
SpaceX’s Starship V3 debut from Starbase was scrubbed 40 seconds before liftoff due to a hydraulic pin failing to retract on the launch tower’s umbilical arm; a retry could come Friday evening within a 90‑minute window. The V3 upgrade adds more engines and major design changes aimed at faster reuse, and the flight would test the new configuration and deploy mock Starlink satellites, with SpaceX not planning to recover either stage on this flight.
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 12 will debut the Starship V3 and is now set for May 21 from Starbase, Texas, with a 6:30 p.m. EDT window; the upper stage will fly a suborbital trajectory and splash down in the Indian Ocean near Western Australia about 65 minutes after liftoff, while the Super Heavy booster splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico about seven minutes later, as upgrades drive delays ahead of NASA Artemis 4 goals and Mechazilla plans.
SpaceX plans to launch Starship V3 on Flight 12 on May 20 from Starbase, Texas, for a suborbital test that will send the Starship upper stage to a water landing in the Indian Ocean, deploy 20 dummy Starlink satellites and two probes, while the Super Heavy booster aims for a water landing in the Gulf of Mexico. The launch window opens at 6:30 p.m. EDT with livestream starting about 45 minutes earlier; SpaceX previously moved the date from May 19 to May 20, and a May 21 backup is possible due to road closures near Starbase. The flight marks a milestone for SpaceX’s reusable Starship and NASA’s Artemis 4 plans.