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Merlin is a family of rocket engines developed by SpaceX for use on its Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles. Merlin engines use RP-1 and liquid oxygen as rocket propellants in a gas-generator power cycle. The Merlin engine was originally designed for recovery and reuse.
Mar 14, 2024 · SpaceX's Starship and Super Heavy rocket launches on its third test flight from Starbase near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas on March 14, 2024.(Image credit: SpaceX) Cheers erupted from the South ...
Starship is a two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX. As of June 2024, it is the most massive and most powerful vehicle ever to fly. [4] Starship is intended to lower launch costs significantly via economies of scale. [5] This is achieved by reusing both rocket stages, increasing payload mass to orbit, increasing ...
Apr 17, 2023 · The first Gateway module will be launched aboard yet another SpaceX rocket—the 27-engine Falcon Heavy—as early as November of 2024. Once Gateway is in operation, NASA intends to move away from ...
Apr 20, 2023 · In an update, SpaceX said the rocket got as high as about 24 miles over the Gulf of Mexico. Video of the rocket captured flashes as several of the 33 engines failed on the lower portion of the ...
Apr 17, 2023 · SpaceX’s Starship rocket, the most powerful ever built, receives government approval for launch. New space missions will launch to the moon, Jupiter and a metal world in 2023.
Apr 20, 2023 · SpaceX launched its giant Starship rocket toward space for the first time today (April 20), a milestone that could presage humanity's expansion into the solar system.
