SpaceX will launch its next-generation Starship — the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built — as early as Tuesday (May 19), the company announced. Starship V3's maiden voyage to space will be a big test for SpaceX, which wants to land humans on the moon for NASA in 2028 and hopes to avoid the kind of spectacular explosions that have plagued some previous Starship tests. SpaceX has experienced its fair share of setbacks with Starship. Last year, the seventh and eighth Starship test flights saw fiery debris rain from the heavens . The ninth fell short of its target, and a Starship exploded on the launchpad during a routine test before the 10th. However, Starship did end up having a successful 10th flight in August 2025, despite taking some damage, and its 11th run, in October, was clean.…