Falcon 9 rockets are propelled by nine Merlin engines, which use kerosene and liquid oxygen as fuel. Upon its eventual launch ...

As the design of the Falcon 9 Block 5 and Merlin engine have been frozen since 2018 to facilitate human-rating the vehicle by NASA, we know no new or redesigned components have been introduced.

With the launch Friday and another Falcon 9 flight Monday (this one with a booster on its 15th mission), SpaceX has launched Falcon 9 rockets 423 times. The fleet leader, Booster No. 1,067, has now ...

SpaceX on Wednesday night launched a Spanish communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and retired ...

Fortunately, the fourth mission was a success, and the improved Merlin engine continues to be used in the Falcon 9, which ArsTechnica calls the safest rocket in the world. Today, SpaceX’s ...

The failure of a SpaceX rocket's upper stage engine late Thursday that stranded ... two upcoming piloted flights of the company's Falcon 9 rockets. The mishap ended a remarkable string of 344 ...

One of China’s latest commercial launch companies has secured early funding as it aims to develop a launcher featuring first ...