Starship aborted launch, 21 May 2026

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:11]T-minus 1 minute.

[00:00:20]Think we're about to reset and reset is in.

[00:00:24]Counting down first flight of Starship V3.

[00:00:29]Psych, back to rapid recycle.

[00:00:33]All right, still going to hang out for a couple seconds here at T-minus 40.

[00:00:38]Again, not not surprising. This is new vehicle, new pad.

[00:00:43]Doing all these things for the very first time.

[00:00:46]Right now, we are holding.

[00:00:48]Looking at some pressures in the quick disconnect and hold reset.

[00:00:52]And we're rolling.

[00:01:00]Flight director's go for launch.

[00:01:06]Back to rapid recycle, so we're going to hold at T-minus 40 again.

[00:01:10]Starship and Super Heavy fully loaded on the pad.

[00:01:16]Clock is rolling.

[00:01:24]T-minus 30, flight director's go for launch.

[00:01:35]Kick back to rapid recycle again.

[00:01:42]Sounding like we have the fix in place.

[00:01:47]Hold reset, clock is rolling.

[00:02:00]>> We're back into rapid recycle.

[00:02:05]All right, it is sounding like we are not going to be able to clear this issue in time today.

[00:02:12]So, we are going to be standing down from a launch.

[00:02:19]So, if you're