SpaceX's McGregor test site features regular engine firings with test stands for Raptor and Merlin engines. Tests typically occur between 7 am and 9 pm CDT b...

Aug 10, 2024 · SpaceX performed an engine firing test on the newly-developed Raptor 3 Starship/Super Heavy rocket engine. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and President Gwynne …

Dec 30, 2023 · The dual test of engines on the giant Starship and Super Heavy rocket stages at SpaceX's Starbase proving ground in Boca Chica, Texas on Friday comes as the company …

May 25, 2024 · A SpaceX testing stand at the company's McGregor, Texas facilities went up in flames during a test of its Raptor 2 engines on the afternoon of May 23. According to …

May 24, 2024 · A qualification test of a Raptor 2 engine has resulted in a dramatic explosion at SpaceX’s McGregor facility. The company has yet to comment on the incident, but it’s unlikely …

Aug 6, 2023 · The Starship first-stage prototype known as Booster 9 conducted a static fire test today (Aug. 6), briefly igniting its 33 Raptor engines while anchored to the orbital launch mount …

Aug 28, 2023 · — SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 25, 2023 This is the second static fire engine test SpaceX has performed on Booster 9. On August 6, the company performed the same test.

Feb 9, 2023 · All but two of the rocket's 33 Raptor engines were engaged during the critical test, which SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says is still enough for an orbital launch.

Feb 9, 2023 · SpaceX moved one step closer to its future on Thursday with a successful ground test of the engines of the most powerful rocket ever built. The company, founded by the …

Oct 23, 2023 · SpaceX seems to be testing upgrades to its Raptor 2 engine for the world's most powerful rocket, while at the same time, a new test has taken place at the Starship launch pad …

Jan 2, 2024 · SpaceX manufactures all rocket engines and vehicles at its Hawthorne, California headquarters. New engines ship to McGregor for thorough testing before being approved for …

Sep 16, 2021 · 11.6K. SpaceX’s engine testing facility on 4,300 acres of land in McGregor, Texas, just south of the city of Waco, is undergoing new development and testing related to the …

Feb 19, 2023 · Set up in 1997, Beal Aerospace came before SpaceX and took over the McGregor site to act as a testing facility for their rocket engines. In the year 2000, they successfully test …

Sep 16, 2023 · SpaceX also finished a milestone effort for Raptor in November 2021, NASA wrote, showing that the engine can fire for 281 seconds (4.5 minutes), the duration needed for …

Aug 9, 2024 · SpaceX test-fired its first Raptor 3 engine, a heat shield-free upgrade to the methane-fueled Raptor 2 currently used for flight tests of the Starship-Super Heavy reusable …

2 days ago · Watch SpaceX douse a steel plate with water and then blast Raptor engine fire into it. The private spaceflight company's Super Heavy and Starship rockets are powered by 39 …

Jun 8, 2021 · SpaceX needs that capacity more than ever before as it shifts its focus from medium-altitude, three-engine Starship production and launches to true orbital test flights with …

3 days ago · These tasks include completing the FAA-mandated investigation and the installation of all 39 Raptor engines on the rocket. Then, SpaceX will likely test-fire the booster and ship …

Sep 8, 2021 · SpaceX currently leases approximately 4,280 acres from the City of McGregor’s Industrial Park, which it began testing in 2003, and the company will expand operations over …

In 2021 SpaceX announced that they would be building a second production facility for Raptor engines, this one in south Texas near the existing rocket engine test facility. At the time it was …