SpaceX's updated Merlin 1C rocket engine (it's now regeneratively cooled instead of ablatively cooled like the Merlin 1A used on Falcon 1's first two launch attempts) has just passed its ...

NASA explains that the first Falcon 1 missions were powered by an in-house SpaceX-built engine called the Merlin 1A. But the fourth mission, launched in 2008, used an upgraded Merlin 1C engine.

A test firing of a Merlin 1C engine at the SpaceX test facility in McGregor Texas. Powered by liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene, the Merlin produces over 100,000 pounds of thrust in vacuum ...

Ever Since the Merlin 1A was used in 2006, engines from SpaceX have seen steady improvements. The Merlin 1D has been used as recently as January 23, 2024, when a Falcon 9 rocket launched 22 ...

An explosive leak? SpaceX was testing an experimental new version of its Merlin rocket engine at the time of the blast, a company source who is familiar with the matter told Business Insider.

The Merlin engine and a grid fin were donated by SpaceX to the National Air and Space ... and an Argentinian Earth-observation satellite (SAOCOM 1A). The latter stage was the first to land on ...

Falcon 1 previously used the ablatively cooled Merlin 1A and the first Kestrel engine. SpaceX has five launches manifested for Falcon 1 and six for Falcon 9. Falcon 9 is being developed for NASA's ...

Merlin, SpaceX’s new breed of rocket engines, has finally achieved flight qualification for use on the company’s mission-ready rockets. The Merlin 1D engine was put through its paces ...

SpaceX's next-generation rocket engine is ready to fly and will likely power a commercial space launch for the first time this summer, company officials announced Wednesday (March 20). The Merlin ...

Another batch of Starlink wireless internet satellites is in orbit after a full moon-lit SpaceX launch from Florida ... shut down its nine Merlin engines and separated from the rocket's upper ...