On Sunday, a rocket-engine exploded during ignition tests at the ... to space—a rocket with no less than 27 first-stage Merlin 1D engines thundering away beneath the crew. Update: We were ...

SpaceX was testing a rocket engine on Sunday when it exploded, and now the aerospace ... this issue is with a singular engine or with the Merlin propulsion system in general.

While the launch vehicle currently uses nine of the company’s Merlin engines, the next-generation Merlin 1D achieved flight certification earlier this week. The qualification program involved ...

A Merlin rocket engine exploded Sunday at SpaceX's test facilities in Central Texas. According to the company, no one was injured during the mishap, which damaged two bays in a Merlin engine test ...

SpaceX’s new breed of rocket engines, has finally achieved flight qualification for use on the company’s mission-ready rockets. The Merlin 1D engine was put through its paces: a total of 28 ...

The blast occurred in one of two bays the company uses to test Merlin rocket engines ... Surprisingly, the engine was not being purposefully ignited when it exploded: According to the company ...

The Merlin 1D engine was judged flight-ready after firing for a total of nearly 33 minutes over the course of 28 different tests at SpaceX's rocket-development facility in McGregor, Texas.

An explosion occurred during a test of a SpaceX Merlin engine on Saturday ... why its Starship Flight 8 Ship exploded, failure traced to 'flash' in rocket's engines Watch fiery SpaceX Starship ...

SpaceX on Wednesday night shared a photograph and a video on its Instagram page of the 400th Merlin 1D engine produced by the company. It is the same engine that powers both the Falcon 9 and ...

PARIS – SpaceX is working on a performance enhancement to the Merlin 1D engine that powers its low-cost Falcon 9 rocket, according to one of the company’s commercial customers. The upgrade ...

WASHINGTON — Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) said March 20 that the more powerful Merlin 1D engine the company’s Falcon 9 rocket needs to launch commercial telecommunications ...