Watch SpaceX douse a steel plate with water and then blast Raptor engine fire into it. The private spaceflight company's ...

The Raptor 3 boasts a thrust of 280 tf, a specific impulse of 350s, and an engine mass of 1525 kg. The SpaceX Raptor 3 engine has potential to exceed 300 tons of thrust in future iterations, ...

SpaceX’s Raptor engine isn’t just a bigger, badder rocket booster—it’s the cornerstone of Elon Musk’s plan to colonize Mars.

The new vehicle, called Mk3, is already undergoing construction in Boca Chica. It is being built by a unified team, with many of the Florida-based crew members moving to Texas.

The Raptor 1 had a 185tf thrust, a 350s specific impulse, and an engine mass of 2080kg. The Raptor 2 had a 230tf thrust, a 347s specific impulse, and a 1630kg engine mass.

For comparison, the GEnx-2B Engine that powers a Boeing 747-8 creates 66,500 lb of thrust compared to the 507,063 pound-force from each Raptor engine. However, the SpaceX propulsion team didn't ...

SpaceX Raptor 2 engines were achieving 230 tf (510,000 lbf) of thrust consistently by February 2022. SpaceX is tuning engine parameters and design to achieve at least 250 tf (550,000 lbf). Elon Musk ...

Shutdown of a Raptor vacuum engine in slow motion. The engine’s nozzle is sized for use by Starship in the Earth’s upper atmosphere and outer space, so operation at sea level and low chamber ...

A qualification test of a Raptor 2 engine has resulted in a dramatic explosion at SpaceX’s McGregor facility. The company has yet to comment on the incident, but it’s unlikely to affect the ...

A SpaceX testing stand at the company's McGregor, Texas facilities went up in flames during a test of its Raptor 2 engines on the afternoon of May 23.