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 ...

SpaceX has ramped up its engine testing efforts at the McGregor test facility this past week, conducting a total of 24 Raptor engine firings and achieving multiple milestones in engine performance and ...

The 35-engine SpaceX Starship booster using version 3 raptor engines is coming sooon. Booster 18 could be the first Version 3 booster. 35 Raptor 3 engines (280 tons of thrust each) will be 9800 tons ...

SpaceX’s engine development and testing site in McGregor—the world’s most active rocket engine test facility—continues to be a hive of activity. Recent updates reveal intensified Raptor engine trials ...

I don't know that it's a great engine. It's certainly a high-thrust engine. It's "just" an ORSC engine which is good, but not great. It's got a chamber pressure of 140 bar vs. a Raptor 2's pressure of ...

On March 6, 2025, Starship’s eighth flight test successfully lifted off at 5:30 p.m. CT from Starbase in Texas. All 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy booster started up successfully and completed a ...

WASHINGTON — The failure of SpaceX’s Starship on its most recent test flight had a different root cause than the previous failure, despite happening at about the same time. SpaceX released details May ...

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

SpaceX is getting closer to launching the world's largest rocket once again on a critical flight test later in May. Were the Starship vehicle to launch in the coming weeks, it could come more than two ...

SpaceX will make a third attempt as early as May 27 to send a next-generation Starship vehicle into a suborbital test flight around Earth following the loss of two Starships earlier this year. In an ...