around four times more powerful than the Merlin 1D. However, it is possible a Raptor engine set could become the baseline for a huge future rocket to be used by SpaceX for missions to Mars ...

With the launch Friday and another Falcon 9 flight Monday (this one with a booster on its 15th mission), SpaceX has launched Falcon 9 rockets 423 times. The fleet leader, Booster No. 1,067, has now ...

SpaceX launched its fiftieth Falcon 9 rocket ... stretched both stages of the vehicle, introduced Merlin-1D engines in place of the earlier Merlin-1Cs, and rearranged the first stage engines ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has weighed in on his ... The Falcon Heavy's first stage boosters will be made of nine Merlin 1D engines, which will each have a thrust capability of 845 kN (190,000 lbf).

If you want to see something awesome this afternoon, watch SpaceX’s live broadcast of an engine test today at 3:00 pm EDT/12:00 pm PDT/7:00 pm GMT. You’ll see nine Merlin rocket engines ...

Fortunately, the fourth mission was a success, and the improved Merlin engine continues to be used in the Falcon 9, which ArsTechnica calls the safest rocket in the world. Today, SpaceX’s ...

A crewed mission to the International Space Station that was set to depart from Kennedy Space Center on Halloween has been pushed back at least several weeks as NASA and SpaceX investigate an ...