The Merlin engine powered the rocket used in the Koresat-5A mission, launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the same pad where many Apollo missions started. Autoplay ...

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, configured to fly with two crew members on Saturday, is made up of three main sections. The biggest section–stage 1–is packed with nine Merlin rocket engines and ...

Eight minutes after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying a four-member Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station - it returned safely ...

The National Air and Space Museum has opened five more of its renovated galleries, including two showcasing space artifacts.

The Merlin engine will go on display in the new rocket gallery, which is expected to open in late 2024. For more about the renovations underway at the Cosmosphere or to see upcoming events and ...

The most powerful version of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Merlin rocket engine yet developed has completed its first full-duration mission firing test at the company’s McGregor, Texas ...

The Merlin 1C is an improved version of the Merlin 1A ablatively cooled engine, which lofted the Falcon 1 on its first flight in March 2006 and second flight in March 2007.

In initial tests, the liquid oxygen and kerosene engine, named Merlin, achieved full expected thrust of 60,000 lbs and a combustion efficiency of 93%. With further testing, the company expects to ...