Elon Musk is the face of SpaceX — but rockets don’t fly on vision alone. Behind the scenes was Tom Mueller, the engineer who ...

Once Elon Musk decided to build a reusable spacecraft to carry his dreams of Martian colonization, the engineers at SpaceX knew they would need a special engine for the world’s most powerful rocket.

There is a list of 43 aircraft that have used Merlin engines on the Rolls-Royce Merlin page on Wikipedia, here's the link to the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki ...

TOPSHOT - The SpaceX Starship lifts off from Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 13, 2024, for the Starship Flight 5 test. SpaceX successfully "caught" the first-stage booster of its Starship ...

There's no rest for the space-enthused Starlink launch follower, as SpaceX continues lofting more of the internet satellites into orbit. The Falcon 9 booster supporting this mission, a vehicle ...

SpaceX kicked off a potentially busy weekend with the launch of a batch of Starlink satellites this evening (May 9) from California. The stack of 26 Starlink satellites began their journey into low ...

I don't know that it's a great engine. It's certainly a high-thrust engine. It's "just" an ORSC engine which is good, but not great. It's got a chamber pressure of 140 bar vs. a Raptor 2's pressure of ...

On December 14, 2025, SpaceX achieved a remarkable milestone by successfully recovering its 550th Falcon 9 booster, almost a decade after its inaugural rocket stage landing. This event highlights the ...

Monday's launch from Florida followed another successful Starlink deployment flown from California the day before. The east coast mission was SpaceX's 163rd Falcon 9 flight in 2025, with another ...