Watch SpaceX doused a steel plate with water and then blast Raptor engine fire into it. The private spaceflight company's ...

The sixth flight of SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket, set for takeoff on Tuesday from South Texas, will test the vehicle’s limits in new ways. Most importantly, SpaceX will attempt to briefly reignite ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that the Raptor engine of its Starship launch vehicle is not perfect and needs a few more changes. What Happened: “Still a few final touches to perfect Raptor,” ...

Historic engine firing: All 33 Raptor 3 engines on the Super Heavy V3 booster were ignited in a 14-second full-thrust static fire at Starbase. Why it matters: The test clears a major hurdle for ...

A significant fire erupted at a SpaceX facility in Texas during a test of the Starship rocket’s engines ahead of a long-anticipated test flight. SpaceX is in the process of preparing Starship Version ...

The first stage of the design, the Super Heavy booster, has 33 Raptor engines to get it going. These are reengineered ...

On March 6, 2025, Starship’s eighth flight test successfully lifted off at 5:30 p.m. CT from Starbase in Texas. All 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy booster started up successfully and completed a ...

WASHINGTON — The failure of SpaceX’s Starship on its most recent test flight had a different root cause than the previous failure, despite happening at about the same time. SpaceX released details May ...

SpaceX has posted some incredible images showing the Super Heavy booster’s 33 Raptor engines as they powered the Starship rocket skyward at the start of the vehicle’s sixth test flight on Tuesday.