The Raptor engine was first announced back in 2009. Musk detailed the design for the Starship, then known as the BFR, at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia, back in ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk showcased the company’s revamped engines for its Starship launch vehicle late on Friday which needs no heat shields and provides more thrust than older versions. What ...

Elon Musk has tweeted pictures of the completed raptor engines that will be installed on the Starhopper. SpaceX is preparing to fire the Starship Raptor engines in Texas. They have made a 200-ton ...

Dramatic new photos highlight Thursday's (Feb. 9) landmark static fire test, in which SpaceX's Booster 7 Starship prototype ignited 31 of its 33 Raptor engines.

SpaceX posted some incredible images showing the Super Heavy booster's Raptor engines as they powered the Starship rocket skyward the November 19, 2024, launch. Skip to main content Menu ...

Followers of the Church of Elon will no doubt already be aware of SpaceX’s latest technical triumph: the test firing of the first full-scale Raptor engine. Of course, it was hardly a secret. … ...

ITS Propulsion – The evolution of the SpaceX Raptor engine by Alejandro G. Belluscio October 3, 2016 written by Alejandro G. Belluscio October 3, 2016 ...

Raptor is being designed to produce 8,200 kN (1,800,000 lbf) of vacuum thrust—6,900 kN (1,600,000 lbf) thrust at lift-off—with a vacuum Isp of 380 seconds and a sea-level Isp of 321 seconds. Final ...

A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded during ramp-up to an expected engine test firing at the company's Starbase facility on ...

Now that you know a bit about the improvements that SpaceX has made to the Raptor's design, you might be interested in learning what kind of craft the company is going to put it in. SpaceX has not ...

A prototype version of SpaceX’s next generation rocket caught fire on July 16th following an engine test in Boca Chica, Texas. About four minutes after SpaceX briefly ignited the vehicle’s ...