SpaceX’s first orbital Starship engine just breathed fire

Less than three weeks after shipping to Texas, SpaceX says that Starship’s first Raptor Vacuum engine has completed a “full duration test fire” on the march towards orbital test flights. Known as Raptor Vacuum or RVac, the engine is almost entirely based off of its sea level-optimized cousin, taking all of the complex turbomachinery and … Continue reading SpaceX’s first orbital Starship engine just breathed fire