SpaceX Raptor 3 is an improved and more powerful rocket enigine. It has reached 350 bar of pressure and 269 tons of thrust. Raptor 2 engines were achieving 230 tf (510,000 lbf) of thrust consistently ...

Elon Musk’s reveal of the latest Raptor V3 upgrade did more than tweak a rocket engine spec sheet, it effectively redrew the ...

Elon Musk claimed that the Raptor 3 is the “best rocket engine ever”, a title based on its unprecedented combination of thrust, weight reduction, and extreme simplification. The Raptor 3 which was ...

In a welcome return to active flight vehicle testing after setbacks and facility upgrades, SpaceX made strong progress with ...

SLS (Space Launch System) uses a 50 year old rocket engine design that now costs $145 million each (not including labor and ...

The Raptor engine showed it could fire in the extreme cold, which it will have to do on Artemis 3. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

SpaceX uses 3D printers and a process of relentless refinement to streamline its Raptor engines. In the Raptor 3, plumbing and wiring that had been on the outside were fused into the motor’s metal ...