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 ...

"Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough ...

The rocket, powered by 33 methane-burning Raptor engines ... us improve Starship's… See Also: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin’s New Glenn Reaches Orbit On First Try: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Applauds ...

SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded just minutes into its seventh test flight, an unexpected setback after the Elon Musk-led company ... space by reigniting its Raptor engines as it hooked itself ...

SpaceX CEO Musk posted a video on X showing the debris field and said: "Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!" The Starship ... by reigniting its Raptor engines as it hooked ...

SpaceX's billionaire owner Elon Musk later hinted at ... the Super Heavy fell away and the Starship continued the climb to space on the power of its six Raptor engines. The booster, meanwhile ...

The booster will fire its 33 Raptor engines for about 2 ½ ... and has previously charred Starship’s flaps into “skeleton hands,” as Musk put it, under the jarring physics of reentry.

The rocket company’s effort to demonstrate payload deployment, land its upper stage and potentially achieve spaceship-to-spaceship fuel transfer this year had an inauspicious start when the Starship ...

Initially scheduled to launch on Wednesday, SpaceX is now targeting Thursday due to weather, the company shared on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that Musk ... Raptor engines ...