A vacuum Raptor engine was recently test-fired after being "chilled to mimic conditions after a long coast period in space," ...

SpaceX has shared dramatic slow-motion footage showing a Raptor engine powering down at the end of a recent test fire. “Shutdown of a Raptor vacuum engine in slow motion,” SpaceX said in a message ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The same type of engine that SpaceX hopes will one day rocket humans to Mars paraded through the streets of downtown McGregor, a rare sighting for the town where the company has ...

The Earth is much larger than most people realize. You need to use engines if you want to efficiently navigate large sections of the planet. Everything from cars to planes relies on engines, but they ...

The world is getting ready for next year's launch of the first crewed Artemis mission to the Moon. It's a limited-scope one, but if all goes well, it will open the doors later in 2025 to Artemis III, ...

The rise of the commercial space industry in the past decade has been nothing short of amazing to watch. Not only have we witnessed some brilliant innovations brought to reality, such as reusable ...

Elon Musk says the next-generation Raptor engine that is robust enough not to require a heat shield. It will also have more thrust, higher Isp and many other improvements. Could make them faster, but ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Saturday that the combined power of Starship‘s multiple Raptor engines will generate a thrust of 19.5 million pounds for the massive rocket. What Happened: Musk ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday expressed awe and excitement at Starship’s Raptor engine following a test fire. What Happened: SpaceX on Friday posted a 20-second video of a Raptor engine test firing ...

SpaceX fired six Raptor engines on the company's next Starship rocket on Monday, clearing a major hurdle on the path to launch later this month on a high-stakes test flight to get the private rocket ...

NEW YEAR. NEW SHIP. NEW LESSONS. The seventh flight test of Starship and Super Heavy flew with ambitious goals, aiming to successfully repeat the core capability of returning and catching a booster ...