The Raptor has a reputation as the powerhouse in SpaceX's arsenal, as it offers significantly more thrust than the company's smaller but reputedly more reliable engine, the Merlin -- among other ...

SpaceX has posted some incredible images showing the Super Heavy booster’s 33 Raptor engines as they powered the Starship rocket skyward at the start of the vehicle’s sixth test flight on Tuesday.

Key to SpaceX’s Martian exploits is likely to be a new engine known as the Raptor. Raptor would provide a major sea-change in SpaceX’s propulsion, given it is set to be powered by methane and ...

The company ignited all six of the Flight 7 Starship spacecraft's Raptor engines for about 10 seconds on a test stand at its Starbase facility in South Texas on Sunday (Dec. 15). SpaceX announced ...

Elon Musk confirmed the work is related to converting the stand to test Raptor engines. SpaceX is also continuing work on a new second stage test stand. After SpaceX took over the facility in 2003 ...

SpaceX ignited Starship's Raptor engines for approximately 10 seconds on Sunday, Dec. 15, as a part of a series of checkouts to ensure the vehicle is healthy before being transported to the ...

First off, SpaceX saw a successful liftoff that propelled the spacecraft powered by the Super Heavy Booster first stage using all of its 33 Raptor engines underneath. However, SpaceX did not ...

During its flight in space, Starship fired one of its Raptor engines for the first time, proving a capability it will need during future launches to return and touch down on land. SpaceX also ...

The largest and most powerful rocket ever built lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase launchpad in Texas on Tuesday evening, Super Heavy’s 33 Raptor engines creating a ball of flame in its wake.

It comes a week after the Elon Musk-led spaceflight company tested the 33 Raptor engines on the Super ... shows the Starship firmly secured to the ground as SpaceX fires three of the spacecraft ...

Starship’s sixth suborbital test flight took place from SpaceX's Starbase launch site at Boca Chica, Texas. The Super Heavy booster ignited its 33 Raptor engines, propelling the Starship into the ...