A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH AND SEPARATION:
SpaceX team chanting: "USA! USA! USA! USA!"
🇺🇸🚀 pic.twitter.com/3iQctERDWB
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) May 22, 2026
SpaceX’s first Starship V3 rocket has just successfully lifted off!
This is the first test flight of Starship version 3, which features thousands of upgrades from V2. With this launch, SpaceX is debuting a new launch pad, booster, ship, engines and much more. pic.twitter.com/mnxXAVBKdo
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) May 22, 2026
UPDATE:
SpaceX's Starship rocket just successfully performed a flip maneuver and precisely splashed down on target in the Indian Ocean next to a buoy with @Starlink on it.
The SpaceX team ends the stream with a "USA! USA! USA!" chant 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/rKwFHda4Jc
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) May 22, 2026
Not sure a crew at Boeing would chant “USA!” Or be allowed to. If Boeing could do something like this.
UPDATE: From the comments: “Damn, how I wish Jerry Pournelle could be watching this.”