Two Raptor engines—likely sea-level variants for landing, possibly supplemented by vacuum versions if space efficiency is ... the mini Starship fits onto the Super Heavy booster. Falcon 9 Booster The ...

The failure of a SpaceX rocket's upper stage engine late Thursday that stranded ... two upcoming piloted flights of the company's Falcon 9 rockets. The mishap ended a remarkable string of 344 ...

SpaceX crews at Port Canaveral wasted no time when the destroyed booster returned last Wednesday, quickly getting to work ...

It is after separation from that first stage, the second stage vacuum engines ignite and carry the payload to its intended orbit. “Thursday's ill-fated Falcon 9 mission took flight from ...

The only tell-tale sign that the object had been a Falcon 9 rocket were the nine engines still intact. SpaceX usually successfully lands the first stage of their Falcon 9 rockets. But this one had ...

Two-and-a-half minutes after liftoff, the first stage fell away and the Falcon 9 continued toward space on the power of its single second stage engine. A little less than six minutes after that ...

quickly getting to work removing the engine from the melted mess. Going back earlier, on February 8, the upper-stage of a Falcon 9 experienced an oxygen leak. While the Starlink satellites were ...