There are many reasons behind the affordability, from advanced manufacturing techniques to reusable ... burning Merlin engines powering its workhorse Falcon 9. The main reason SpaceX chose a ...

No choice was more critical than the Merlin rocket engines used to power Falcon 9. SpaceX propulsion chief ... 9 into “the first fully and rapidly reusable rocket” because, he says, that ...

While SpaceX has made huge advancements in landing and relaunching fairings and boosters, it is yet to create an entirely reusable system. Startup Stoke Space is hoping to change this, but right ...

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.

Fitted with Raptor, a reusable methalox staged-combustion engine (the first ever flown ... According to Musk, SpaceX spent nearly $200 per kilogram of carbon fiber, and as much as 35% was ...

Elon Musk debuted a huge new rocket engine on Sunday that he said can deliver "insane power" - the kind of oomph that his aerospace company, SpaceX ... the agency's non-reusable and increasingly ...

The booster performed a landing burn using three of its nine Merlin rocket engines ... as SpaceX continues to fine-tune its ability to recover, refurbish and launch the world's first reusable ...