SpaceX has enjoyed a lot of leeway when its Starship rocket has failed or exploded because of the sheer ambition of its vision — and because CEO Elon Musk has framed “breaking things” as an opportunity to quickly make progress,

SpaceX's Super Heavy booster exploded mid-air while descending after a Starship test launch from Texas.

As Elon Musk's SpaceX works toward a May 19 debut of its third-generation Starship, here's a look back at all the previous test flights to date.

The company had a mostly successful first launch of its upgraded Starship V3, which it needs to power its many ambitious goals in the years to come.

SpaceX brought Starship down in a planned splashdown zone in the Indian Ocean, where it exploded on impact.