{"id":81393,"date":"2026-05-23T05:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/spacex-launches-more-powerful-super-heavy-starship-rocket-on-test-flight\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T05:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:55:44","slug":"spacex-launches-more-powerful-super-heavy-starship-rocket-on-test-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/spacex-launches-more-powerful-super-heavy-starship-rocket-on-test-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches more powerful Super Heavy-Starship rocket on test flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>SpaceX launched a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/spacex-ready-to-launch-super-heavy-starship\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">revamped Super Heavy-Starship rocket<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Friday on a flight to test more powerful engines, enhanced control systems and a host of other upgrades needed to streamline operations and improve safety and reliability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the Super Heavy first stage&#8217;s 33 methane-fueled Raptor 3 engines shut down early during the climb out of the lower atmosphere and additional engines failed to run properly during an attempt to fly the stage back to its planned splashdown point off the Texas Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/e8b0f32b-caff-4e22-b9aa-ef3948c3bdf6\/thumbnail\/620x349\/2d93eb2a300c71ea8ea989051d8b275f\/052226-launch1.jpg#\" alt=\"052226-launch1.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/e8b0f32b-caff-4e22-b9aa-ef3948c3bdf6\/thumbnail\/620x349\/2d93eb2a300c71ea8ea989051d8b275f\/052226-launch1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/e8b0f32b-caff-4e22-b9aa-ef3948c3bdf6\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/a3fcc92b69ca65e45f7c293f0d17ee05\/052226-launch1.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The Super Heavy-Starship blasts off from a new launch pad at SpaceX&#8217;s Starbase manufacturing facility on the Texas Gulf Coast. It was the first flight up an upgraded version of the world&#8217;s most power rocket as SpaceX works to perfect the launcher for operational flights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                SpaceX<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Starship upper stage was equipped with six third-generation Raptor engines, and one of three optimized for operating in a vacuum shut down early during the climb to space. The flight computer kept the other five engines longer than originally planned to make up for the shortfall, putting the craft on an acceptable sub-orbital trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately known what might have triggered the premature engine shutdowns, but once in space, the Starship appeared to perform well, deploying 22 Starlink internet satellite simulators from an upgraded Pez-like dispenser. Two of those were equipped with cameras that sent back images of the Starship from the viewpoint of the simulators.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/ae775e22-bdc5-4401-9a3c-f62ff3ca24b7\/thumbnail\/620x349\/9b84177e5106cd2706876aff32bccf25\/052226-launch2.jpg#\" alt=\"052226-launch2.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/ae775e22-bdc5-4401-9a3c-f62ff3ca24b7\/thumbnail\/620x349\/9b84177e5106cd2706876aff32bccf25\/052226-launch2.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/ae775e22-bdc5-4401-9a3c-f62ff3ca24b7\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/76a7c2080961e7fe88034ecd2a3bf736\/052226-launch2.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A drone&#8217;s-eye-view of the Super Heavy-Starship launch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                SpaceX<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The cameras will be used on future flights to assess the health of the Starship&#8217;s heat shield tiles.<\/p>\n<p>Once operational,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/spacex-initial-public-offering-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Elon Musk&#8217;s company<\/a><\/span> is counting on the mammoth rocket to launch large batches of next-generation Starlink satellites, along with government and commercial payloads, with eventual missions to the moon and even Mars. But first, engineers will work the bugs out with multiple test flights.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/f0e5f9bb-19e3-438d-b5d6-56c699d929cc\/thumbnail\/620x349\/614148fc97b4132468c70129b92dceb8\/052226-launch3.jpg#\" alt=\"052226-launch3.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/f0e5f9bb-19e3-438d-b5d6-56c699d929cc\/thumbnail\/620x349\/614148fc97b4132468c70129b92dceb8\/052226-launch3.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/f0e5f9bb-19e3-438d-b5d6-56c699d929cc\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/f4f85afa383fdd11ff9b898748a5660d\/052226-launch3.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">When the Super Heavy booster fell away (lower left) from the Starship upper stage for an attempted return-to-launch-site splashdown off the Texas Gulf Coast, multiple engines failed to fire (as noted in the telemetry-driven graphic at lower left), preventing the stage from reaching it&#8217;s targeted landing point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                SpaceX<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2057974830469677092?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a post<\/a> to his X platform, Musk congratulated SpaceX &#8220;on an epic first Starship V3 launch &amp; landing! You scored a goal for humanity.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman looking on, the upgraded Super Heavy-Starship blasted off at about 6:30 p.m. EDT from a new, beefed up pad at SpaceX&#8217;s Starbase launch site on the Texas Gulf Coast. The launch followed <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/spacex-ready-to-launch-super-heavy-starship\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">a last-minute scrub<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Thursday due to a minor glitch with a launch pad system and two weather delays before that.<\/p>\n<p>Generating up to 18 million pounds of thrust \u2014 twice the liftoff power of NASA&#8217;s SLS moon rocket \u2014 the 33 methane-burning Raptor engines at the base of the Super Heavy first stage pushed the 407-foot-tall rocket skyward atop a brilliant torrent of blue-white fire.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NASAAdmin\/status\/2057975208149946613?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media post<\/a>, Isaacman also congratulated SpaceX and Musk for &#8220;a hell of a V3 Starship launch. One step closer to the Moon&#8230;one step closer to Mars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was the first launch of a &#8220;Version 3&#8221; Super Heavy-Starship, and the first use of SpaceX&#8217;s second Texas launch pad, designed to better withstand the rigors of repeated launches by the world&#8217;s most powerful rocket.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/d70d582e-6e58-4b67-b7f1-c900701b0e32\/thumbnail\/620x349\/74b37af5a86917073781ea319c2104ef\/052226-entry.jpg#\" alt=\"052226-entry.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/d70d582e-6e58-4b67-b7f1-c900701b0e32\/thumbnail\/620x349\/74b37af5a86917073781ea319c2104ef\/052226-entry.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/d70d582e-6e58-4b67-b7f1-c900701b0e32\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/b92262623d81ac30bc71b559aa007b49\/052226-entry.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A camera mounted on the Starship captures the dramatic light show as the spacecraft plunged back into the atmosphere in a blaze of fiery plasma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                SpaceX<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two minutes and 24 seconds after liftoff, now out of the dense lower atmosphere, the Starship upper stage&#8217;s six Raptors ignited just before the Super Heavy first stage fell away.<\/p>\n<p>The booster immediately flipped around as planned to reverse course and head back toward Starbase for a controlled splashdown in the Gulf while the Starship upper stage continued the climb to space.<\/p>\n<p>But multiple Raptor engines did not fire as expected and the booster was not able to reach the planned splashdown point, instead dropping into the Gulf well short of its target.<\/p>\n<p>The Starship upper stage reached an acceptable sub-orbital trajectory despite the single engine failure it experienced. The Starlink simulators were successfully deployed but a planned in-space Raptor restart was not attempted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/a5a1a15b-24f7-41e8-aeb9-7df2d74ee155\/thumbnail\/620x349\/53b47867e93038e6c37222bb00ded57f\/052226-land1.jpg#\" alt=\"052226-land1.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/a5a1a15b-24f7-41e8-aeb9-7df2d74ee155\/thumbnail\/620x349\/53b47867e93038e6c37222bb00ded57f\/052226-land1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/23\/a5a1a15b-24f7-41e8-aeb9-7df2d74ee155\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/b7b65e910ead11540b241d5f0d0c2be5\/052226-land1.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Once through the zone of peak heating, the Starship flew itself to an on-target splashdown in the Indian Ocean looking none the worse for its re-entry plunge from space. On splashdown, the rocket tipped over and belly flopped into the sea as expected, broke apart and exploded as left over propellants ignited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                SpaceX<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The test flight ended on a positive note as the Starship endured the fiery heat of re-entry in apparently good shape with little of the thermal damage seen on previous flights.<\/p>\n<p>During the descent, the ship successfully carried out a maneuver intended to test the structural limits of its rear fins, followed by a dramatic banking maneuver like future Starships will carry out during normal landing operations.<\/p>\n<p>Just before reaching the Indian Ocean, the Starship re-started two engines, flipped to a vertical orientation and descended to an on-target splashdown. It then tipped over as expected, broke apart and exploded in a spectacular fireball.<\/p>\n<p>Other than the single Raptor failure during ascent, the Starship appeared to meet SpaceX&#8217;s expectations, coming through the stress of launch and re-entry in apparently good shape.<\/p>\n<h2>A milestone on the path to the moon<\/h2>\n<p>Version 3 test flights are major milestones for SpaceX as the company works to perfect the first fully reusable rocket for operational use launching government and commercial satellites along with science probes and, eventually, piloted flights to Mars.<\/p>\n<p>The flights also are critical to NASA, which is paying SpaceX to develop a version of the Starship upper stage for use as a lander to carry the agency&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-artemis-moon-program-overhaul\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Artemis astronauts<\/a><\/span> to the surface of the moon starting in 2028. Shortly thereafter, NASA plans to begin launching <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-moon-base-plan-lunar-south-pole\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">multiple missions per year <\/a><\/span>and to build a base near the moon&#8217;s south pole.<\/p>\n<p>In the near term, NASA plans to launch its next Artemis mission in 2027, sending up four astronauts in an Orion capsule atop an SLS rocket to rendezvous in Earth orbit with SpaceX&#8217;s lander and an alternative being built by Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/21\/67452b77-30f0-41b3-833a-b4ed5bf4f80d\/thumbnail\/620x620\/38d0132b960d0ae56e50f2a5a0aa4f40\/lander-comparison.jpg#\" alt=\"lander-comparison.jpg \" height=\"620\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/21\/67452b77-30f0-41b3-833a-b4ed5bf4f80d\/thumbnail\/620x620\/38d0132b960d0ae56e50f2a5a0aa4f40\/lander-comparison.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/21\/67452b77-30f0-41b3-833a-b4ed5bf4f80d\/thumbnail\/1240x1240\/f38862ac5806ca1f6fdd119cb78648e7\/lander-comparison.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An artist&#8217;s impression of SpaceX&#8217;s Starship moon lander compared to the squat lunar modules that carried Apollo astronauts to the lunar surface more than 55 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA\/SpaceX<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASA plans tests with both landers during the Artemis III mission, but the flight will proceed even if only one is available. Both companies must launch a successful unpiloted moon landing mission before the agency will attempt to land astronauts in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Neither company has yet put a moon lander in space and both face daunting test schedules. With version 3 of its showcase rocket now available, SpaceX is working to transition from sub-orbital test flights to orbital missions while continuing work to perfect the systems that will be needed for moon missions.<\/p>\n<p>A major challenge is the ability to autonomously refuel a Starship lander in Earth orbit before it can head for deep space. 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