To test the immense power of Starship’s Raptor engines in flight, SpaceX conducted “hops” with Starhopper. In other words, they have sent the spacecraft up into the atmosphere to hover for ...

The Space Race SpaceX Reveals Raptor V3 Engine! Posted: March 11, 2025 | Last updated: March 11, 2025 SpaceX has just revealed its lunar rover, designed to revolutionize how we explore the Moon ...

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 ...

Then—four out of six engines quit like overworked interns. The spacecraft started spinning like a confused fidget spinner, and then, in classic SpaceX fashion, it exploded. A "rapid unscheduled ...

The Super Heavy booster’s 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines took the ... to the Moon and beyond. SpaceX is counting on Starship’s enormous capacity to deliver 60 v3 Starlink satellites at ...

Prior to the explosion, SpaceX successfully executed its third-ever retrieval of the Super Heavy booster. This powerful rocket, powered by 33 Raptor engines, made its way back to the Texas launch ...

SpaceX's eighth Starship test flight ended in failure after the rocket lost engines and control before exploding off Florida’s coast. Engineers are investigating the cause while the Super Heavy ...

Starship's eighth test flight was a lot like its seventh. Starship's eighth flight was a lot like its seventh. SpaceX launched the eighth test flight of its Starship megarocket today (March 6 ...

Video relayed by SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-satellite constellation began cutting out, a fifth engine shut down, and the last Raptor stopped about 9.5 minutes into flight, followed seconds ...

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 ...

“Prior to the end of the ascent burn, an energetic event in the aft portion of Starship resulted in the loss of several Raptor engines,” SpaceX said in a statement posted on its website a few ...