An awesome view of entry burn on the first stage. 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 ...

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

With the launch Friday and another Falcon 9 flight Monday (this one with a booster on its 15th mission), SpaceX has launched ...

SpaceX’s next Starlink launch and second launch of the week from California will be the Group 11-6 mission, which will launch ...

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

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 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

Falcon Heavy is composed of three reusable Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately 18 747 aircraft.

That's why rockets have to carry tanks of both fuel and oxidizer. The SpaceX Falcon 9's Merlin engines use rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) fuel with liquid oxygen as the oxidizer. NASA's Space Launch ...

Falcon 9 is celebrated as the world’s first orbital-class reusable rocket, enabling significant cost reductions in space access SpaceX continues to push the envelope with groundbreaking projects ...

SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday with Starlink internet-beaming satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The four-hour launch window opens at 2:21 p.m. ET, according to th ...

This was the 20th flight and recovery for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, and SpaceX's 341st recovery of an orbital-class rocket. SpaceX launched its first Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 tonight ...

Liftoff took place at 9:07 a.m. ET today (Jan. 24). SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast today (Jan. 24). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 ...