News - SpaceX
5/22/2026
‘I did scream a few times:’ Spectators witness launch of SpaceX’s biggest Starship rocket yet
Posted 8:06 AM 5/23/2026 by Karen Lucero
Thousands of visitors packed Isla Blanca Park and the shoreline on Friday to watch SpaceX's 12th Starship flight test.
Cheers erupted across the park as the rocket shot into the sky. For many, it was their first time seeing a launch in person.
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5/21/2026
SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight
Posted 8:09 PM 5/22/2026 by MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer, KRGV coverage by Santiago Caicedo and Karen Lucero
SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that NASA is counting on to land astronauts on the moon.
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5/20/2026
SpaceX tries to launch a bigger version of Starship but hits a series of last-minute problems
Posted 8:59 PM 5/21/2026 by AP story by MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer, KRGV coverage from Karen Lucero and Santiago Caicedo
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX got within a half-minute of launching its newest and biggest Starship on a test flight Thursday evening before a cascade of problems halted the countdown.
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5/18/2026
Donna man dies after falling from scaffold at SpaceX, justice of the peace confirms
Posted 9:25 AM 5/20/2026 by Stefany Rosales
A 25-year-old man died after falling from a scaffold at a SpaceX facility near the city of Starbase, according to Cameron County Justice of the Peace Mary Esther Sorola.
Sorola said the death happened on Friday, May 15, and that the man was identified as Jose Bautista from Donna.
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