A vacuum Raptor engine was recently test-fired after being "chilled to mimic conditions after a long coast period in space," according to SpaceX. Previously, a Raptor was tested to demonstrate the ...

Watch SpaceX doused a steel plate with water and then blast Raptor engine fire into it. The private spaceflight company's Super Heavy and Starship rockets are powered by 39 total Raptor engines ...

In response to a query from Ars about the engine test anomalies, Rocket Lab Chief Executive Officer Pete Beck downplayed concerns.

SpaceX will make a third attempt as early as May 27 to send a next-generation Starship vehicle into a suborbital test flight around Earth following the loss of two Starships earlier this year. In an ...

The eleventh flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Monday, October 13. The launch window will open at 6:23 p.m. CT. It launched. Goals of Starship Flight 11: ** Good** Test new ...

The dramatic explosion of a SpaceX Starship upper stage rocket during a test at the company's Starbase facility on the Texas Gulf coast late Wednesday may have been triggered by the rupture of a ...