SpaceX has shared dramatic slow-motion footage showing a Raptor engine powering down at the end of a recent test fire. “Shutdown of a Raptor vacuum engine in slow motion,” SpaceX said in a ...
For the second flight test, SpaceX engineers designed a more robust and secure launchpad able to handle the incredible force generated by the Raptor engines as the Starship lifted off. Once ...
According to SpaceX, there was a flash in the aft section, or “attic,” of Starship near one of its six Raptor engines about two minutes after the vehicle separated from the Super Heavy booster.
It has the most engines ever in a rocket booster: The Super Heavy booster is powered by 33 of SpaceX’s Raptor engines. As those engines lift Starship off the launchpad, they will generate 16 ...
Before the explosion, SpaceX completed its third-ever catch of its Super Heavy booster, equipped with 33 Raptor engines, which returned to the Texas launchpad where the so-called “chopsticks ...
The rocket was seen spinning before SpaceX lost contact with it. "Prior to the end of the ascent burn, an energetic event in the aft portion of Starship resulted in the loss of several Raptor ...