Starship's two stages are the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft. Both stages are equipped with Raptor engines, the first flown and mass-produced full-flow staged combustion cycle engines, which burn liquid methane (natural gas) and liquid oxygen.

Starship will be powered by six engines, three Raptor engines, and three Raptor Vacuum (RVac) engines, which are designed for use in the vacuum of space. Super Heavy will be powered by 33 Raptor engines, with 13 in the center and the remaining 20 …

The engine is powered by cryogenic liquid methane and liquid oxygen, a combination known as methalox. SpaceX's super-heavy-lift Starship uses Raptor engines in its Super Heavy booster and in the Starship second stage. [16] Starship missions include lifting payloads to Earth orbit and is also planned for missions to the Moon and Mars. [17]

Starship is powered by 6 Raptor engines, which are housed within a dedicated shielding compartment. [41] An additional three RVacs will be added to the Block 3 ship design. [1] These engines are equipped with gimbal actuators, and reignite for the landing burns. [24]

6 days ago · SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launches from Orbital Launch Pad A at Boca Chica beach on March 06, 2025 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. ... the Raptor engines began shutting down on Starship about eight ...

Mar 6, 2025 · SpaceX said what mission teams learned from the Flight 7 mishap prompted them to alter lines that feed fuel to some of Starship’s engines and tweak propellant temperatures.

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

Feb 3, 2025 · Starship sports six 3D-printed Raptor engines, giving it 5,550 kN of thrust. Three of the engines are designed for sea-level use, and the other three are for use in a vacuum. They use...

Apr 17, 2023 · The engines, a new design dubbed Raptor, burn liquid methane and liquid oxygen, rather than the mix of a kerosene-like fuel and liquid oxygen used by SpaceX’s Falcon rockets, giving Starship ...

Mar 7, 2025 · SpaceX launched the eighth test flight of its Starship megarocket today (March 6), sending the 403-foot-tall (123 meters) vehicle aloft from its Starbase site in South Texas at 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 ...