Starship's previous six test flights occurred in April and November of 2023 and March, June, October and November of last ...

The rocket company’s effort to demonstrate payload deployment, land its upper stage and potentially achieve ...

The Sea Level engines are designed for liftoff and escaping ... we will finally have a Raptor 3/4 vacuum version (giant nozzle) that has an Isp [specific impulse] of 380." Just because SpaceX ...

The company also announced they would begin testing of their new Raptor engine – a key element of ... but may have a unique issue once in the cold vacuum of space. With the delay to the SES ...

which consists of three Raptor engines and three even larger Raptor Vacuum engines. The RVac engines, shown on the right in the photo below, have a significantly larger nozzle and are specially ...

a new fuel feedline system for the vehicle’s Raptor vacuum engines, and an improved propulsion avionics module controlling vehicle valves and reading sensors, all add additional vehicle performance ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that the Raptor engine of its Starship launch vehicle is not perfect and needs a few more changes. What Happened: “Still a few final touches to perfect ...