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But arguably, the true game-changers are in the engines that power these spacecraft — the Blue Engine-4 (BE-4) and Raptor. Compared to more "conventional" rocket engines, BE-4 and Raptor are ...

Meanwhile, the Super Heavy rocket has many more engines. It's powered by a grand total of 33 Raptor engines. As mentioned, there are two different versions of each generation Raptor engine ...

However, it is possible a Raptor engine set could become the baseline for a huge future rocket to be used by SpaceX for missions to Mars, along with a potential role with a Mars ascent stage.

An curved arrow pointing right. SpaceX has shipped a Raptor engine to its base in Texas for testing, marking a key step forward in the company's goal to colonize Mars. The Raptor is capable of ...

The company's Super Heavy Booster and its renowned Raptor engines showed its capabilities not by flying this Christmas season ...

which SpaceX built as a test bed for its new Raptor rocket engine design. (Dozens of the engines will power a far larger launch system called Starship, which is being designed for journeys to the ...

It towers 16 stories, uses three car-sized Raptor rocket engines ... into the air using a single raptor engine and landed downrange.

SpaceX fired up its next Starship spacecraft during an engine test over the weekend, ahead of the company's 7th orbital test flight of the gargantuan megarocket. SpaceX ignited Starship's Raptor ...

In the movie, the prototype takes off using a single Raptor rocket engine, translates across the launch site, deploys a set of short landing legs, and touches down on a concrete pad. Musk later ...