Watch how powerful a SpaceX Raptor engine looks while conducting a long duration test fire at a 15 degree gimbal. Views of the test in real-time and slow motion. Credit: SpaceX | mash mix: Space.com ...

Watch SpaceX douse a steel plate with water and then blast Raptor engine fire into it. The private spaceflight company's ...

Graduate students supported by the RRC conduct research on raptors and raptor habitats in the laboratory, in the field (near or far), or in international settings. The RRC also facilitates significant ...

The flight was the seventh test launch of a Starship, a 400ft rocket powered by Raptor engines that first reached space in November 2023. The incident came shortly after the successful maiden ...

The Super Heavy-Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built, generating a staggering 16 million pounds of thrust at liftoff using 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines. The New Glenn rocket ...

The towering Super Heavy booster, meanwhile, returned to its launchpad roughly seven minutes after lift-off, as planned, slowing its descent from space by reigniting its Raptor engines as it ...

In addition, there were new feedlines for the Raptor engines and tiles for the heat shield, plus upgraded avionics. The original idea was to test the new systems as well as procedures for landing ...

The Super Heavy booster, after executing its separation, returned to its launchpad approximately seven minutes post-launch, employing its Raptor engines to regulate its descent and reattach to ...

SpaceX's 7th Starship flight didn't achieve all it set out to For the first time, SpaceX flew Starship with a reused Raptor rocket engine. The Super Heavy booster runs on 33 Raptor engines.

In a statement, SpaceX said the mission represented both achievements and challenges. The Super Heavy booster successfully lifted off, powered by all 33 Raptor engines, and separated from the Starship ...