<div class="grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:max-w-[750px] md:grid-cols-article md:max-w-screen-sm" data-article-body="true"><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.</i></p><figure class="relative col-body mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt=" A tall chrome cylinder stands in front of a setting sun and protruding light rays. . " loading="lazy" width="960" height="540" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="fig-image-round" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/gSzR927YSLdJI4T2XTx3_A--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/03b7b49f6a80eb2eb95100fa2e45383d"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-[0.875rem]/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5"><div>SpaceX rolls its first V3 Starship Super Heavy booster out to the pad for testing at its Starbase site in South Texas. The company posted this photo on X on Nov. 20, 2025. | Credit: SpaceX</div></figcaption></figure><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">More testing will be needed before SpaceX's newest version of Starship gets off the ground.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">On Thursday (Nov. 20), <a href="https://www.space.com/18853-spacex.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:SpaceX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>SpaceX</u></a> rolled out Booster 18, the first stage of the company's first "Version 3" <a href="https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-super-heavy.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Starship;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Starship</u></a> megarocket, to begin its first round of tests ahead of the vehicle's next flight test. V3 will take the torch from Starship V2, which wrapped up a year of growing pains with two consecutive test-flight successes, in <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/starship-mars-rocket-met-every-100000334.html" data-ylk="slk:August;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>August</u></a> and <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/spacex-launches-giant-starship-rocket-005829337.html" data-ylk="slk:October;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>October</u></a> of this year.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">Now, it seems, V3 will have some growing pains of its own. SpaceX announced that tests on the new booster would begin at the company's Starbase facility in South Texas in a <a href="https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1991571181129056663" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Nov. 20 post on X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Nov. 20 post on X</u></a>. "The first operations will test the booster's redesigned propellant systems and its structural strength," the company said. But by Friday morning (Nov. 21), the booster sported signs of serious damage.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">In a post on X Friday morning, a user by the name of Starship Gazer, whose profile describes nearly half a decade of documenting Starship's development, posted an image of Booster 18 with much of the bottom portion of the vehicle crumpled like an empty soda can.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">It appears in the photo that whatever propulsion and structural integrity tests SpaceX performed overnight did their job, and found some faults in the stainless-steel vehicle.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">"Very significant damage to the entire LOX [liquid oxygen] tank section," Starship Gazer <a href="https://x.com/StarshipGazer/status/1991828801786180030/history" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:said in the post.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>said in the post</u>.</a></p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">It's still too early to know what exactly went wrong, according to SpaceX.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">"Booster 18 suffered an anomaly during gas system pressure testing that we were conducting in advance of structural proof testing. No propellant was on the vehicle, and engines were not yet installed. The teams need time to investigate before we are confident of the cause. No one was injured as we maintain a safe distance for personnel during this type of testing. The site remains clear and we are working plans to safely reenter the site," the company <a href="https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1991889258701885702" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:wrote on X on Friday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>wrote on X on Friday</u></a>.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">Visually, Starships V2 and V3 appear very similar. V3 stands a bit taller, though — about 5 feet (1.5 meters) taller than V2 — and also features an integrated "hot stage" ring, the structure that connects Starship's two stages. (V2's hot stage ring was a separate component that fell from both Starship stages after separation.) The new booster has also been overhauled to fly under the power of SpaceX's upgraded Raptor 3 engines. Additionally, V3 boosters will sport only 3, instead of 4, grid fins for aerodynamic descent stability control, each of which will be about 50% larger than their V2 counterparts.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">The latest mishap stands to slow SpaceX's gained momentum after a rocky year of test flights for Starship V2. That rocket launched five times in 2025, but only managed to reach its mission goals during the last two.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">SpaceX did succeed in <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-catches-super-heavy-booster-231702540.html" data-ylk="slk:catching returning Super Heavy boosters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>catching returning Super Heavy boosters</u></a> back at the launch pad during the first two Starship flights of the year, using the tower's "Mechazilla" chopstick-like mechanical arms. The company then managed to relaunch one of those boosters on a subsequent flight in May. And, while the third Starship launch of 2025 resulted in the loss of both Super Heavy and Ship (the vehicle's upper stage), its final two flights of the year were deemed complete successes; with Ship's deployment of a set of <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/starlink-satellites-facts-tracking-impact-184050186.html" data-ylk="slk:Starlink;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>Starlink</u></a> satellite mass-simulator payloads, safe reentry through <a href="https://www.space.com/17683-earth-atmosphere.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Earth's atmosphere;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Earth's atmosphere</u></a> and soft splashdown of both stages at their respective target zones at sea.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">Recent successes notwithstanding, Starship's setbacks in the first half of the year, and now this new incident with V3 before it even gets off the ground, raise some questions about the spacecraft's readiness for SpaceX's biggest current customer.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color"><span class="slidecount">Image 1 of 4</span></p><figure class="relative col-body mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="A tall chrome cylinder stands in front of a setting sun and protruding light rays." loading="lazy" width="960" height="540" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="fig-image-round" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/_ufDHRstdhlHuSXPX6hyzw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/cf609114d597733c279e58bd1124fb8d"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent" 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of 4</span></p><figure class="relative col-body mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="A giant chrome cylinder fashioned into a rocket booster" loading="lazy" width="960" height="540" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="fig-image-round" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/BxOEmQyctyG_89hbQwn0NQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/90c6ddbd4b32479bc8ed5b042d19f903"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div></figure><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color"><span class="slidecount">Image 3 of 4</span></p><figure class="relative col-body mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="A giant chrome cylinder fashioned into a rocket booster" loading="lazy" width="960" height="540" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="fig-image-round" style="color:transparent" 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bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div></figure><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">NASA has contracted SpaceX to use Starship as the lunar lander for the agency's <a href="https://www.space.com/artemis-3-moon-landing-mission" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Artemis 3;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Artemis 3</u></a> mission, which will return astronauts to the surface of the moon for the first time sinc 1972. NASA is targeting 2027 for that mission, but recent reports on internal SpaceX timelines push those estimates to <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/spacex-starship-timeline-delays-astronaut-193624867.html" data-ylk="slk:no earlier than 2028;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>no earlier than 2028</u></a>.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">How the failure of Booster 18 will affect that timeline, and what it means for the V3 booster design as a whole, is yet to be seen, but NASA may not be waiting around to find out. Even before V3 rolled out for testing, the space agency had begun <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nasa-may-pull-spacexs-artemis-192500773.html" data-ylk="slk:eyeing other moon lander options;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>eyeing other moon lander options</u></a> in light of SpaceX's delayed progress in developing Starship.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">Starship was also <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-real-danger-losing-moon-100000262.html" data-ylk="slk:recently criticized;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>recently criticized</u></a> by former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, during a Sept. 3 Senate Commerce Committee hearing led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and titled "There’s a Bad Moon on the Rise." In his remarks, Bridenstine criticized Starship's design architecture and stressed the number of milestones it still needs to achieve before being qualified to land humans on <a href="https://www.space.com/55-earths-moon-formation-composition-and-orbit.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:the moon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>the moon</u></a>.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">For example, before flying any Artemis astronauts, SpaceX still must demonstrate in-orbit cryogenic fuel transfer between Ship upper stages vehicles and land at least one uncrewed Ship on the moon. One of Bridenstine's harshest criticisms focused on what SpaceX estimates it will take to accomplish those feats. After launching the Starship lunar lander to Earth orbit, it could take a dozen or so additional Starship launches to supply the lander with enough fuel to make the journey. (The exact number is a matter of debate, as SpaceX and NASA have made different estimates.)</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">Now, those goal posts will sit on the back burner as SpaceX determines how best to fuel its V3 booster on the ground without buckling under the pressure.</p></div>

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