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 ...

SpaceX on Wednesday night shared a photograph and a video on its Instagram page of the 400th Merlin 1D engine produced by the company. It is the same engine that powers both the Falcon 9 and Falcon ...

The 100th Merlin 1D engine has come off the assembly at SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. According to SpaceX it was less than two years ago that production began on Merlin 1D. Currently ...

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, ...

Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) upgraded Merlin 1D main-stage engine completed a full-duration firing and multiple restarts at target thrust and specific ...

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 ...

If Wile E. Coyote had one of these rocket engines strapped to his back, he might just have caught that pesky Roadrunner. Alas for the cartoon critter, SpaceX and not ACME devised the Merlin 1D, which ...

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 ...

SpaceX's next-generation rocket engine is ready to fly and will likely power a commercial space launch for the first time this summer, company officials announced Wednesday (March 20). The Merlin 1D ...

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 ...