The evolution of SpaceX's Raptor Engine from 2019 to 2024 is a masterclass in efficiency and innovation. The complexity of Raptor 1 has given way to the streamlined simplicity of Raptor 3.

SpaceX flew Starship with a reused Raptor rocket engine. The Super Heavy booster runs on 33 Raptor engines. For the entire rocket to be reusable, as Musk has said he intends it to be, those ...

The gargantuan rocket blasted off from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, manufacturing and flight test facility on the Gulf Coast at 5:37 p.m. Eastern Time, firing up 33 methane-burning Raptor engines ...

It’s made up of two parts: the Starship spacecraft, which is designed to carry crew and cargo into orbit, and the Super Heavy Booster, which comes with 33 SpaceX Raptor engines that help propel ...

In the seventh test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built that’s part of Nasa’s upcoming Moon mission, the SpaceX would test a slew of new features and upgrades, including a new suit ...

The company also plans to once again reignite its Raptor engines in space to attempt an orbital burn — a crucial maneuver to one day bring a vehicle back to the ground. SpaceX will host a ...

BOCA CHICA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — This week at Starbase, construction continues on booster 17, Ship 34 receives its raptor engines and ... beam of the jig. The SpaceX crane was connected ...

SpaceX lost contact with Ship around 8.5 minutes into flight, apparently after the vehicle suffered some kind of anomaly. All six of Ship's Raptor engines fired up during the stage's ascent burn ...

For the first time, one of those 33 Raptor engines will have been to space before: SpaceX said it is reusing an engine recovered from the Super Heavy booster flown during the company’s fifth ...

marking the first reuse of a Raptor engine. The tower sensors also featured more protection to avoid the damage seen on the sixth test flight giving SpaceX a better chance at nailing the capture.