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May 12, 2026

THE NEW SPACE RACE:

Launch rehearsal complete. During a flight-like countdown, more than 5,000 metric tonnes (11+ million pounds) of propellant were loaded on the fully stacked Starship and Super Heavy V3 vehicles for the first time pic.twitter.com/e9oZlzc0yz

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 11, 2026

Still no official word from SpaceX, but NextSpaceFlight has Friday afternoon penciled in.

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