Texas, May 23 -- SpaceX successfully launched the twelfth test flight of its next-generation Starship on Friday evening (local time), marking the first-ever flight of the upgraded Starship and Super Heavy Version 3 vehicles and the debut of the company's new Raptor 3 engines.

According to the SpaceX press release, the mission lifted off from Starbase, Texas, at 5:30 pm CT and also marked the first Starship launch from the company's new Pad 2 facility.

The flight began with all 33 Rapotor 3 engines on the Super Heavy booster igniting successfully as the vehicle ascended over the Gulf of America. SpaceX said that one engine shut down during ascent, but the booster completed its first-stage climb and successfully executed a hot-staging man...