With the Raptor engine, SpaceX reimagined how rockets work—swapping kerosene for methane, adding dual cryogenic turbopumps, and implementing a full-flow staged combustion cycle never before flown in ...

The 35-engine SpaceX Starship booster using version 3 raptor engines is coming sooon. Booster 18 could be the first Version 3 ...

SpaceX's massive Starship rocket could be on the cusp of flying again from Texas after receiving FAA approval for more ...

Both are powered by SpaceX's new Raptor engine; six for Ship and a whopping 33 for Super Heavy. Starship has flown eight test flights to date, two of which occurred this year. Both Flight 7 and ...

Elon Musk announced SpaceX plans to launch a Starship carrying Optimus robots ... However, the mission ended in disaster after multiple Raptor engines on the upper stage malfunctioned.

Starship sports six 3D-printed Raptor engines, giving it 5,550 kN of thrust. Three of the engines are designed for sea-level use, and the other three are for use in a vacuum. They use subcooled ...

A fuel controller cover hit an employee in the head after it broke free during pressure testing on a Starship Raptor engine at the Hawthorne site in January 2022. The worker “suffered a skull ...

Space X Starship firing its many Raptor engines. The raptor pioneered the new generation of methalox. (Image: Space X) At first glance, it’s a bit of a wash: the density and specific impulses of ...