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 ...

The engine will be used in for when Starship, SpaceX’s next-generation rocket, is used in space. The Starship design is meant to be used for both suborbital point-to-point flights on Earth and ...

The 10-foot-high Raptor—which powers the Starship—is arguably the most advanced Western rocket engine in production. Its latest iteration produces 280 tonnes of thrust at sea level, surpassing ...

Elon Musk said SpaceX successfully tested its Raptor rocket engine that might one day be used to transport people to Mars. SpaceX “achieved first firing of the Raptor interplanetary transport ...

SpaceX’s new raptor rocket engine sure lives up to its name. In two new videos posted to Twitter, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave his 24.5 million followers a first look at what happened when the ...

The 33 Raptor engines are attached to the Starship’s first-stage Super Heavy booster and produce 17 million pounds of thrust at launch, making it the most powerful rocket ever to fly.

The sea-level variant of the Raptor 3 weighs 3,362 lb., compared with the 3,594-lb. Raptor 2, while generating 280 tons of force, compared with the current rocket’s 230 tons of force.