Today, we stand on the edge of a new era, with SpaceX’s Starship and Raptor engines aiming to make interplanetary travel a reality. What’s next for rocketry? Watch now to see how this ...
It has the most engines ever in a rocket booster: The Super Heavy booster is powered by 33 of SpaceX’s Raptor engines. As those engines lift Starship off the launchpad, they will generate 16 ...
The test will also see the Super Heavy boosters, equipped with 33 Raptor engines, return to the launchpad in Texas, where SpaceX is hoping to catch the massive boosters with its Mechazilla ...
Previously, SpaceX has talked saving about 500 kilograms from Raptor 1 to Raptor 3 and 100-200 kilograms from going from Raptor 2 to Raptor 3. But on the Flight 8 launch preparation, they talked about ...
Before the explosion, SpaceX completed its third-ever catch of its Super Heavy booster, equipped with 33 Raptor engines, which returned to the Texas launchpad where the so-called “chopsticks ...
Three days after a last-minute scrub due to unspecified technical issues, SpaceX fired up the Super Heavy first stage's 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines at 6:30 p.m. EST. Two seconds later ...
• SpaceX called off an attempt to get the eighth test flight of Starship, the most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed, off the ground. • It’s not yet clear when SpaceX will make ...
Update: SpaceX is now targeting a Starship launch ... Additionally, the company plans to once again reignite its Raptor engines in space to attempt an orbital burn – a crucial maneuver to ...
Eric Gay/AP Photo SpaceX later issued a statement confirming that "prior to the end of the ascent burn, an energetic event in the aft portion of Starship resulted in the loss of several Raptor ...
The more than 400-foot Starship, powered by a super heavy booster with 33 Raptor engines, lifted off successfully at 6:30 p.m. ET from SpaceX's launchpad at its Starbase facility near Brownsville ...