An unspecified issue forced an abort just as the Falcon's Merlin engines were igniting. "Standing down from tonight’s Falcon 9 launch," SpaceX stated in an update posted on the X social media ...

SpaceX dominated this week’s launch manifest with two Falcon 9 missions and the seventh flight of its Starship rocket. The ...

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

SpaceX's thrice-delayed Starlink 10-2 mission ... Falcon 9 rockets are propelled by nine Merlin engines, which use kerosene ...

The Raptor has a reputation as the powerhouse in SpaceX's arsenal, as it offers significantly more thrust than the company's smaller but reputedly more reliable engine, the Merlin -- among other ...

Completing SpaceX’s batch of Starlink missions for the week will be Starlink Group 10-12, which will launch from Space Launch ...

The 27 Merlin engines at the base of the rocket should ... although in reality it will be rare that the vehicle lofts this much mass. SpaceX intends to land the rocket's boosters back on Earth ...

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 ...