A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink 12-17 mission Saturday night (April 12) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center ( KSC ...

Roger Gilbertson / Space X The Merlin engine put Falcon 1 in orbit for the first time in 2008. Roger Gilbertson / Space X A statue of Iron Man, wearing company ID, guards SpaceX's lunch area.

Upcoming SpaceX, NASA, ULA rocket launch schedule ... Falcon 9 rockets are propelled by nine Merlin engines, which use kerosene and liquid oxygen as fuel. Upon its eventual launch, the rocket ...

The private Fram2 mission lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...

SpaceX had planned to test the rocket ship earlier this month but had issues with ice-crystal formation in the engine. A camera at a residence in Boca Chica Village, the eastern edge of which is ...

For the first time ever, both fairing halves were successfully caught, as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter. After a coast phase until T+ 26 minutes, 32 seconds, the Merlin Vacuum engine ...

The booster performed a landing burn using three of its nine Merlin rocket engines, touching down on SpaceX's "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship in the Pacific Ocean. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ...

On Wednesday, Elon Musk's private transport company SpaceX announced that it completed testing on its SuperDraco thruster, an abort engine that will be part of its new Dragon spacecraft.

Credit: SpaceX A short 2.5 minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9's first-stage booster shut down its nine Merlin engines, executed stage separation from the rest of the rocket and performed a ...