SpaceX's Raptor engine is one of the most advanced rocket engines ever built, and it’s rewriting the rules of space travel. In this video, we break down what makes the Raptor so revolutionary — from ...

I was lucky enough to witness a low takeoff and flyover by the BBMF Avro Lancaster bomber - and the sound was absolutely unforgettable. In this video, I capture the roar of all four Rolls-Royce Merlin ...

Created by Rolls-Royce in the early 1930s, the Merlin engine was an evolution of an earlier Rolls-Royce project called the PV12 –PV meaning private venture and 12 being the number of ...

The Merlin Mk4 is powered by three jet engines generating a combined 6,500 horsepower and a top speed of 160 knots. It also has three separate hydraulic systems and three separate fuel lines.

This fire-breathing 27-liter 1,800-horsepower Roll-Royce Merlin aero engine famously powered the Spitfire, Hurricane, Mustang, Lancaster and Mosquito WW2 aircraft. It has been mounted on a trailer ...

A pileup involving dozens of vehicles resulted in multiple fatalities Friday afternoon and has shut down both eastbound and westbound lanes of I-70 between Goodland and Colby. Wind gusts hit 60 ...

The Smithsonian-affiliated center will receive one of nine Merlin engines from the commercial spacecraft company. The engines came from the Falcon 9, the first reusable rocket. The engines came ...

Britain's two main aerial fighters against the Luftwaffe, the Spitfire and the Hurricane, were both powered by the V12 Rolls-Royce piston engine, a.k.a. 'Merlin'. The engine was a V12 (12 pistons ...

The Raptor engines are more powerful than the Merlin engines used by SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket. The increased power is required for the kind of missions that SpaceX wants to use the ...

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What Happened: Raptor is a reusable methane-oxygen staged-combustion engine designed for the Starship. It already has twice the thrust as compared to a Falcon 9 rocket’s Merlin engine.