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 ...

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 ...

The most powerful version of Space Exploration Technologies' Merlin rocket engine has completed its first full-duration mission firing test. The Merlin 1D engine fired for 185 sec. and generated ...

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, ...