SpaceX's Raptor engine is one of the most advanced rocket engines ever built, and it’s rewriting the rules of space travel. In this video, we break down what makes the Raptor so revolutionary — from ...

S paceX wants to go to Mars, and it's built the rocket it hopes will get it there. This 400 foot tall monster is called the ...

SpaceX has shared an image (below) showing the 33 Raptor engines installed at the base of its next-generation Super Heavy rocket as the company carries out final work for the booster’s first ...

The Raptor engines are more powerful than the Merlin engines used by SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket. The increased power is required for the kind of missions that SpaceX wants to use the ...

To make a controlled reentry, SpaceX must demonstrate the ability to relight the rocket’s Raptor engines in space for a precise deorbit burn. During Starship’s third test flight in March 2024 ...

Those who follow the exploits of SpaceX ... Raptor engines, including two different kinds. Three are Sea Level Raptor engines and three are RVac Raptor engines. Meanwhile, the Super Heavy rocket ...

In one of the most dramatic, high-risk space flights to date, SpaceX launched a gargantuan Super Heavy-Starship rocket on an unpiloted ... booster's 33 methane-burning Raptor engines ignited ...

NASA has previously been hedging its bets by developing its own heavy launch rocket as well as supporting the development of ...

It is the largest rocket ever built, standing 39 stories tall, measuring 29.5 feet wide and generating more than 16 million pounds of thrust from its SpaceX-designed Raptor engines, twice the ...

March 14 (UPI) --SpaceX on Thursday conducted the third launch test of its Starship rocket in Texas, flying further and faster than the previous two tests. The company confirmed at 10:31 a.m. that ...

And it has the most engines ever in a rocket booster: The Super Heavy has 33 of SpaceX’s powerful Raptor engines sticking out of its bottom. As those engines lift Starship off the launchpad in ...