Falcon 9 rockets are propelled by nine Merlin engines, which use kerosene and liquid oxygen as fuel. Upon its eventual launch ...

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

The most noticeable differences are that its engines were arranged in a 3×3 grid pattern, and its tanks were much shorter than those on today’s Falcon 9. It used nine Merlin 1C engines ...

The failure of a SpaceX rocket's upper stage engine late Thursday that stranded ... two upcoming piloted flights of the company's Falcon 9 rockets. The mishap ended a remarkable string of 344 ...

SpaceX is targeting Friday to launch a telecommunications satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The Thuraya 4 mission is expected to take off at 8:27 p.m. A backup opportunity is ...

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 ...

Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring ...