Scroll down to review live updates from the Friday, May 22, maiden liftoff of SpaceX's Starship V3 rocket from Texas on the Flight 12 test mission.

SpaceX launched its latest Starship test flight from Texas, with the spacecraft completing most mission objectives before exploding in the Indian Ocean after splashdown.

The mission served as the much-anticipated debut of SpaceX’s third-generation megarocket, a heavily redesigned, souped-up vehicle configuration officially dubbed Version 3 (V3).