New Starship V3 launches on 1st flight from Texas. Photos from mission

The SpaceX Starship spacecraft sits atop the Super Heavy Booster Tuesday, May 19 at launch pad 2 as preparations continue for the 12th test flight of the Starship rocket in Starbase, Texas.

The SpaceX Starship spacecraft is lifted at launch pad 2 for a full stack on top of the Super Heavy Booster as preparations continue Tuesday, May 19 for 12th test flight of the Starship spacecraft in Starbase, Texas.

The SpaceX Starship spacecraft sits atop the Super Heavy Booster on May 20 as preparations continue for the 12th test flight from Starbase, Texas.

A crowd gathers May 20 near launch pad 2 to look at Starship stacked at SpaceX's Starbase headquarters in South Texas ahead of flight 12.

The SpaceX Starship spacecraft sits atop the Super Heavy booster May 21 before SpaceX scrubbed a planned flight test at the last minute.

The SpaceX Starship sits atop the Super Heavy Booster May 22 as preparations continue for another attempt to launch the 12th test flight of the spacecraft at the company’s launch complex in Starbase, Texas.

A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft thunders into the sky.

A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft thunders into the sky.

A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft thunders into the sky.

Starship launches May 22 on a mission SpaceX refers to as Flight 12 from its company town and headquarters called Starbase in South Texas. The mission was the debut of a new-generation Starship prototype called Version 3.

Starship launches May 22 on a mission SpaceX refers to as Flight 12 from its company town and headquarters called Starbase in South Texas. Standing at 407 feet tall, Version 3 is the most powerful and largest iteration of Starship ever launched.

The upper stage of Starship is seen launching May 22 atop the lower stage booster called Super Heavy.

SpaceX launches its Starship megarocket for the 12th time ever on May 22 from Starbase, Texas.

The 407-feet-tall Starship rocket (a new model known as Version 3) lifts off May 22 on a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12.

The 407-feet-tall Starship rocket (a new model known as Version 3) lifts off May 22 on a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12.