Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX) Merlin 1D engine has achieved flight qualification, a major milestone for the next generation Merlin engine. Through a 28 test qualification program, the ...

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces that its Merlin 1D engine has achieved a full mission duration firing and multiple restarts at target thrust and specific impulse (Isp). The engine ...

When SpaceX began building what would become its Merlin engine, it settled on a relatively simple design it could bring to market quickly and scale upwards over time. Over the last 11 years, ...

Two SpaceX Merlin 1D engines sit on a test stand at the company's rocket-development facility in McGregor, Texas. An explosion occurred during a test of a SpaceX Merlin engine on Saturday (Nov. 4) at ...

Click to open image viewer. The Merlin 1D engine, with up to 190,000 pounds of thrust, is the powerhouse of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. The engine uses liquid oxygen (LOX) and RP-1 ...

SpaceX's next-generation rocket engine is ready to fly and will probably power a commercial space launch for the first time this summer, company officials announced Wednesday. The Merlin 1D engine was ...

PARIS – SpaceX is working on a performance enhancement to the Merlin 1D engine that powers its low-cost Falcon 9 rocket, according to one of the company’s commercial customers. The upgrade will ...