An explosion occurred on Thursday at SpaceX’s test facility in McGregor, Texas, sending flames and a huge plume of smoke into the sky. Reports from NASASpaceflight, which runs a live stream of the ...

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Starship V2 is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, standing 403 feet tall and pushing out 16.7 million pounds of ...

SpaceX is currently undergoing rigorous testing of its Raptor rocket engines, which will be used by the company's next-generation rocket, Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket. The ...

With the Raptor engine, SpaceX reimagined how rockets work—swapping kerosene for methane, adding dual cryogenic turbopumps, and implementing a full-flow staged combustion cycle never before flown in ...

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 ...

China's first reusable rocket just took a big step toward flight. The Chinese company LandSpace conducted a static-fire test ...

While SpaceX has already proved that it can land the first-stage Super Heavy booster back at its Starbase site in southern Texas, the 11th flight will see it attempt a soft, controlled landing on ...

SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket for the seventh time on Thursday. It performed an epic booster catch for the second time, but the Starship exploded shortly after. The launch marked the first ...