BBC World
SpaceX Starship V3 Achieves 'Planned Explosion' in Indian Ocean, Mostly Succeeds
SpaceX's Starship V3 mostly succeeds in its test flight, ending in a planned explosion - because sometimes you have to blow things up to prove they work.
2026-05-23
BBC World
TechCrunch
SpaceX Launches Giant Firecracker, Gets Mostly What It Paid For
SpaceX's biggest rocket ever flew, lost a booster to the sea, an engine to space, but still managed to deploy some fake satellites before exploding on cue. IPO pending.
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