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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The engine that exploded, a “block five Merlin”, is meant to replace current "block four Merlin" engines in the Falcon 9 rockets. This Merlin block five engine is also scheduled to be used to ...