A SpaceX testing stand at the company's McGregor, Texas facilities went up in flames during a test of its Raptor 2 engines on the afternoon of May 23. According to NASASpaceflight, the engine had an ...
A qualification test of a Raptor 2 engine has resulted in a dramatic explosion at SpaceX’s McGregor facility. The company has yet to comment on the incident, but it’s unlikely to affect the upcoming ...
SpaceX Raptor 3 is an improved and more powerful rocket enigine. It has reached 350 bar of pressure and 269 tons of thrust. Raptor 2 engines were achieving 230 tf (510,000 lbf) of thrust consistently ...
All but two of the rocket's 33 Raptor engines were engaged during the critical test, which SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says is still enough for an orbital launch. reading time 3 minutes SpaceX performed the ...
The sixth flight of SpaceX's giant Starship rocket, set for takeoff on Tuesday from South Texas, will test the vehicle's limits in new ways. Most importantly, SpaceX will attempt to briefly reignite ...
The launch of Flight 11 comes seven weeks after the company's last launch and will mark the fifth test flight of ...