{"id":729174,"date":"2026-05-23T18:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/successful-spacex-starship-12-launch-ends-with-spectacular-fireball\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T18:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:20:16","slug":"successful-spacex-starship-12-launch-ends-with-spectacular-fireball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/successful-spacex-starship-12-launch-ends-with-spectacular-fireball\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful SpaceX Starship 12 launch ends with spectacular fireball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f3c428e6d5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/successful-spacex-starship-12-launch-ends-with-spectacular-fireball\/#%E2%80%9CSuccessful_SpaceX_Starship_12_launch_ends_with_spectacular_fireball%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Successful SpaceX Starship 12 launch ends with spectacular fireball&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSuccessful_SpaceX_Starship_12_launch_ends_with_spectacular_fireball%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Successful SpaceX Starship 12 launch ends with spectacular fireball&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F05%2F128532424.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SpaceX\u2019s Starship 12 rocket had a successful launch Friday night, before its suborbital test run around the Earth concluded with a stunning fireball explosion as it splashed down in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket\u2019s launch \u2014 the largest and most powerful of its kind \u2014 took place at around 6:30 p.m. EST and the 66-minute test flight was deemed a success by SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>A launch was aborted Thursday night due to problems with the temperature of the propellants inside the tanks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>An explosion occurs during the SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch. <span class=\"credit\">Associated Press\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youtube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX confirmed that Friday\u2019s fireball eruption was planned since they don\u2019t plan on reutilizing the experimental spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>During it\u2019s more than hour-long mission, the rocket didn\u2019t go into full orbit and was a pivotal step in testing how new hardware within Starship fares under real flight conditions, SpaceX said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Screengrab of the liftoff of SpaceX Starship Flight 12. <span class=\"credit\">Associated Press\/youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>V3 of Starship 12 contained two key features \u2014 the \u2018Super Heavy\u2019 bottom booster stage with 33 powerful engines and the Starship, which is the upper part of the spacecraft above the booster that has its own engines.<\/p>\n<p>A few minutes after launch, the \u2018Super Heavy\u2019 booster separated and conducted a \u2018boostback\u2019 burn to slow down before splashing down in the Gulf of America \u2014 unlike previous missions that attempted landing back at the launch site.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the upper Starship spacecraft continued into space and released 22 fake Starlink satellites 20 minutes into the flight.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The SpaceX Starship S29 during Flight 12 launch with its engines firing. <span class=\"credit\">Associated Press\/youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following the launch, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk began critical trials before NASA can use the third version of Starship to launch astronauts to the moon and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The launch cost Starship one of its six new \u2018Raptor\u2019 engines and was forced to burn the remaining five engines longer to compensate.<\/p>\n<p>During the flight, SpaceX noted that a scheduled restart of one of the spacecraft\u2019s engines was aborted due to the loss of one of the engines.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fire and smoke as seen from this screengrab during the SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch. <span class=\"credit\">Associated Press\/youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX tested Starship\u2019s heat shields by purposely removing one panel to test how it would hold up under extreme stress. Despite this, Flight 12 made it through the Earth\u2019s atmosphere intact.<\/p>\n<p>As the rocket passed through the atmosphere without burning up, it adjusted its course to reach a final landing spot, plunging into the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The sprawling rocket was able to complete a majority of its planned mission throughout\u00a0the 66-minute flight and successfully reentered the Earth\u2019s atmosphere before landing in the ocean.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The SpaceX Starship V3 launches from Starbase on May 22, 2026, in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk and his team are hopeful that this version of Starship will be the one NASA uses to carry astronauts to the moon\u2019s surface as soon as 2028 when Artemis IV is scheduled to launch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX eventually plans to send Starship V3 to Mars with humans and cargo to establish the first self-sustaining city on the Red Planet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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