The rocket engine has always been a compromise—striking a delicate balance between power and efficiency. However, SpaceX ...

When most people think of rockets, they likely imagine something like SpaceX's Raptor engine, or they might recall the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon. Rockets aren't ...

Go back a generation of development, and excepting the shuttle-derived systems, all liquid rockets used RP-1 (aka kerosene) for their first stage. Now it seems everybody and their dog wants to ...

SpaceX has revolutionized rocket technology, making spaceflight more efficient, powerful, and reusable. But how did they do it? With the Raptor engine, SpaceX introduced methane-fueled full-flow ...

The first flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket didn't last long on Sunday, Ars reports. The booster's nine engines ...

SpaceX has now launched eight full-scale test flights of Starship, with a Super Heavy booster and Starship's upper stage ...

SpaceX fired the engine, which is part of the "Booster 14" rocket, for eight seconds and ... 29 of the booster's 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines are flight-tested, reports Ars Technica.

briefly igniting a Super Heavy's 33 Raptor engines while the giant booster remained anchored to the launch mount. And it wasn't the first rodeo for this particular rocket. Static fire of the Super ...

Meanwhile, Super Heavy has a whopping 33 Raptor engines. These are all sea-level variants, giving the stacked rocket a total liftoff thrust of 74,000 kN. NASA's Space Launch System has 39,000 kN ...

The rocket will lift off from Launch Site One ... in the aft portion of Starship resulted in the loss of several Raptor engines,” according to a statement SpaceX shared to its website last ...