The Falcon 9 rocket launched from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base northwest of Los Angeles at 10:35 pm EDT. Starlink launches require two firings of the second stage’s Merlin engine.

Merlin is SpaceX's first and most reliable rocket engine. Considered one of the most powerful engines propelling space exploration, it is the heart of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. Ironically ...

This lowered the temperature of components and caused a "hard start" that damaged the engine. The following month, a Falcon 9 first stage tipped over after landing on one of the company's drone ships.

SpaceX Falcon 9 suffers in-flight catastrophic engine failure 02:24. SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites from California Thursday, but the engine powering the rocket's ...

The engine on the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 malfunctioned during a launch July 11, ... observers noted an unusual buildup of ice on the cover around the Merlin engine.

After taking off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the Falcon 9's first stage fired its nine kerosene-burning Merlin engines for about two-and-a-half minutes, accelerating the ...

SpaceX is planning a Falcon 9 launch of the Eumetsat MTG-S1 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit Tuesday evening. It's ...

For the first time since 2016, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket experienced a catastrophic failure after a liquid oxygen leak developed on the spacecraft’s second stage – an incident that will delay ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded July 11 evening, ... a livecast of the launch depicted “an usual build-up of ice” around the Falcon 9’s Merlin Vacuum engine, or M-Vac.

During entry burn, Falcon 9 is decelerating by firing its Merlin engines, but we're still moving really fast. And if you look at the bottom left hand side of your screen, you can see Falcon 9 ...

Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station (ISS). After several delays, the members of Crew-10 lifted off in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft using a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's ...

Falcon 9 rockets are propelled by nine Merlin engines, which use kerosene and liquid oxygen as fuel. Upon its eventual launch, the rocket will deploy a batch of 22 Starlink internet-beaming ...