With the launch Friday and another Falcon 9 flight Monday (this one with a booster on its 15th mission), SpaceX has launched ...

The Raptor has a reputation as the powerhouse in SpaceX's arsenal, as it offers significantly more thrust than the company's smaller but reputedly more reliable engine, the Merlin -- among other ...

around four times more powerful than the Merlin 1D. However, it is possible a Raptor engine set could become the baseline for a huge future rocket to be used by SpaceX for missions to Mars ...

Upcoming SpaceX, NASA, ULA rocket launch schedule ... Falcon 9 rockets are propelled by nine Merlin engines, which use ...

The 27 Merlin engines at the base of the rocket should ... although in reality it will be rare that the vehicle lofts this much mass. SpaceX intends to land the rocket's boosters back on Earth ...

That's why rockets have to carry tanks of both fuel and oxidizer. The SpaceX Falcon 9's Merlin engines use rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) fuel with liquid oxygen as the oxidizer. NASA's Space Launch ...

Telemetry from the Starship froze eight minutes and 27 seconds after launch following unexpected engine shutdowns or failures. SpaceX later confirmed the ship's destruction in a posting on X ...

During Miko, we'll shut down the 9 Merlin 1D engines, which was followed by stage ... That landing marks SpaceX's 341st successful recovery of an orbital class rocket, including first stage ...