Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully conducted a full mission duration firing of its new Merlin Vacuum engine on March 7, at SpaceX’s Test Facility in McGregor, Texas. The engine ...

When nine of the engines are combined in the Falcon 9’s first stage, they should produce almost 1.5 million lbs of thrust in a vacuum – the same as the existing Merlin engines. SpaceX claims that the ...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please replace the video for release dated Nov. 12, 2007 with the accompanying corrected video. The release reads: SPACEX COMPLETES DEVELOPMENT OF MERLIN ...

A principal objective of the new design was to facilitate booster reusability for a larger range of missions, including delivery of large commsats to geosynchronous orbit. Modifications included ...

Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX) Merlin 1D engine has achieved flight qualification, a major milestone for the next generation Merlin engine. Through a 28 test qualification program, the ...

t minus 15 T -54321 Liftoff of the Falcon nine. Go Falcon Good check down right. I want the chamber pressures, nominal power and telemetry, nominal supersonic. You just saw their Falcon nine ...

Hawthorne-based SpaceX’s new Merlin 1D engine achieved flight qualification for an engine that will increase the power of rocket launches, the company said Wednesday. The Merlin 1D will power the ...

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that boosted astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken into space provided a slightly rougher ride than expected during the later stages of the climb to orbit, but both ...

Two loud rumbles in the south of the United States marked two milestones for the country’s drive to regain its space flight independence, as SpaceX and Orbital both fired their new engines. SpaceX’s ...

NASA astronauts dish on the Crew Dragon ride to the International Space Station, including how it felt compared to the Space Shuttle. Astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken said the spacecraft ...

So there's a couple great call outs. Both stages are now pressurizing for launch range remains go the weather did clear earlier and has remained green. Um, so all things all 1009 crs 24 good for lunch ...