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SpaceX again delays test flight of new-generation Starship rocket

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SpaceX postponed the 12th test flight of its Starship S39 prototype on May 22 due to unresolved technical issues. The launch had previously been rescheduled from May 19 to May 21 before this latest delay.

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What happened

US company SpaceX has again postponed the 12th test flight of its Starship prototype, this time when the countdown has already begun.

Why it matters

When the launch window opened, SpaceX rescheduled the start several times for technical reasons, which the team expected to fix within several minutes.

Common ground

However, it was eventually decided to postpone the launch, because all the issues could not be resolved today.

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SpaceX postponed the 12th test flight of its Starship S39 prototype on May 22 due to unresolved technical issues. The launch had previously been rescheduled from May 19 to May 21 before this latest delay.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The launch was initially scheduled for May 19, but was postponed to May 21.”
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Evidence from Space.com and another source confirms the launch was targeting Thursday, May 21, and Scientific American confirms it was scrubbed on that Thursday.
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX Starship during Starship flight test 2.This will occur around 3 to 4 weeks after the Starship target launches. Originally it was planned to launch from the same pad that the target vehicle had …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starship_launches
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX is targeting a Thursday, May 21, launch for its newest Starship design, the Starship V3 megarocket. See our latest updates here.Starship V3 launching today. SpaceX Starship Flight 12 stands ato…
https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-12-la…
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web search NEUTRAL — The twelfth flight test of Starship is preparing to launch Thursday, May 21. The 90-minute launch window will open at 5:30 p.m. CT. A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 45 minutes before…
https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-12
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Claim 2: “It was the first flight of Starship S39 - the third generation of SpaceX rockets.”
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Next Spaceflight explicitly identifies Ship 39 as the first of the v3 Ship variant, and Scientific American confirms Flight 12 is the first demonstration of the V3 design.
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX Starship during Starship flight test 2. As of October 13, 2025, the SpaceX Starship has been launched 11 times, with 6 successes and 5 failures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starship_launches
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX on Thursday scrubbed the planned launch of the latest and largest version of its Starship megarocket— the tallest and most powerful rocket ever. The launch is due to be the 12th flight test of …
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacex-scrubs-lau…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ship 39 is a Starship upper-stage prototype, the first of the v3 Ship variant.Ship 25 was a Starship prototype with a heatshield that launched along with Booster 9 on Starship’s second integrated flig…
https://nextspaceflight.com/starship/
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Claim 3: “US company SpaceX has again postponed the 12th test flight of its Starship prototype”
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Multiple sources confirm the 12th flight test of Starship (V3) was scrubbed/postponed, with one source explicitly mentioning a 'launch scrub' and targeting a new date.
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX, NASA, and the United States Armed Forces work closely together by means of governmental contracts. [11] SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with a vision of decreasing the costs of space l…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other…
https://www.spacex.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · SpaceX is now targeting a Friday, May 22, launch for its newest Starship design, the Starship V3 megarocket after a launch scrub. See our latest updates here.
https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-12-la…
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Claim 4: “it would be the largest space rocket in history.”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news articles, describe Starship as the largest/tallest rocket in history/the world.
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web search NEUTRAL — Starship is a two-stage, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by American aerospace company SpaceX.If completed as designed, Starship would be the first fully reusable orb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship
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web search NEUTRAL — Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket system which has ever flown. Starship is a two-stage vehicle. The “Ship” is the uppermost part, and that sits atop a booster called Super Heavy.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lk2mwwnxo
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web search NEUTRAL — It is currently the largest rocket in the world.Starships are not just big enough to hold them down; they also have cross-generational pursuits in terms of performance and cost, and they look like the…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/humanitys-most-powerful-rocke…
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Claim 5: “Now SpaceX plans another attempt on May 22.”
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Two independent sources indicate a target of Friday, May 22, following the scrub of the May 21 launch.
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX Starship during Starship flight test 2. As of October 13, 2025, the SpaceX Starship has been launched 11 times, with 6 successes and 5 failures.If this goes as planned, SpaceX could attempt to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starship_launches
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX's Starship Flight 12 Ship and Super Heavy booster on the pad during testing ahead of a planned May 2026 launch.If SpaceX is unable to launch Starship V3 on the Flight 12 test flight, it is poss…
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/…
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web search NEUTRAL — A SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy rocket (collectively referred to as Starship) will launch from Starbase, Texas, on a suborbital flight. This will be the 12th flight of the integrated launch vehicle and …
https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
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Claim 6: “having the thrust of 8,000 metric tons”
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While sources mention the rocket is the 'most powerful' and 'exceeds 18 million pounds of total thrust', none of the provided evidence specifically mentions the figure '8,000 metric tons' of thrust.
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web search NEUTRAL — Starship is a two-stage, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by American aerospace company SpaceX.If completed as designed, Starship would be the first fully reusable orb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship
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web search NEUTRAL — Starship — разрабатываемая компанией SpaceX, полностью многоразовая сверхтяжёлая ракета-носитель, предназначенная для экономичной доставки грузов и людей на околоземные орбиты, а также для межпланетны…
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship
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web search NEUTRAL — Starship. Starship and Super Heavy Rocket represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to service all Earth orbit needs as well as the Moon and Mars.
https://spacex-rockets-docs.vercel.app/Rocket/Starship
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Claim 7: “Being 124 meters tall”
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Three separate web sources explicitly state the Starship V3 height is 124 meters (407-408 feet).
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web search NEUTRAL — “V3 is taller, exceeds 18 million pounds of total thrust and introduces the new Raptor 3 engines,” he explains. Fully stacked on top of SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster, the vehicle stands some 408 feet (…
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/watch-spacex-laun…
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web search NEUTRAL — Final steps. Ground crews at Starbase lifted the Starship upper stage atop its Super Heavy booster Saturday, assembling a fully stacked Starship V3 for the first time. The rocket has a height of 408 f…
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/spacex-completes-fueli…
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web search NEUTRAL — Starship V3 stands 407 feet (124 meters) tall, making it the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built. It consists of a Starship spacecraft mounted on a Super Heavy rocket booster. What is the purp…
https://johnhutchingsmuseum.org/spacex-starship-v3-most-powe…
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