SpaceX Completes Starship V3 Stacking, Clears First Full-Stack Fueling Test Ahead of Maiden Flight
Summary: SpaceX completed the stacking of the first Starship Version 3 (V3) at its Starbase facility in South Texas on May 19, and successfully conducted the first full-stack propellant loading test. The company is targeting May 21 for Starship Flight 12, the inaugural flight of the V3 variant — the world's largest and most powerful rocket, featuring docking ports for in-space refueling crucial to NASA's Artemis 3 lunar landing mission.