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 ...

Three days after a last-minute scrub due to unspecified technical issues, SpaceX fired up the Super Heavy first stage's 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines at 6:30 p.m. EST. Two seconds later ...

Previously, SpaceX has talked saving about 500 kilograms from Raptor 1 to Raptor 3 and 100-200 kilograms from going from Raptor 2 to Raptor 3. But on the Flight 8 launch preparation, they talked about ...

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 ...

Preliminary information allowed SpaceX to conclude that "an energetic event" in the vehicle's aft section led to the loss of several Raptor engines and the communication breakdown. Thursday's ...

The more than 400-foot Starship, powered by a super heavy booster with 33 Raptor engines, lifted off successfully at 6:30 p.m. ET from SpaceX's launchpad at its Starbase facility near Brownsville ...