Upcoming upgrades to the engine (Merlin 1D) will provide a vast improvement in performance, reliability and manufacturability – all of which could provide a timely boost to aiding the potential for ...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please replace the video for release dated Nov. 12, 2007 with the accompanying corrected video. The release reads: SPACEX COMPLETES DEVELOPMENT OF MERLIN ...

When nine of the engines are combined in the Falcon 9’s first stage, they should produce almost 1.5 million lbs of thrust in a vacuum – the same as the existing Merlin engines. SpaceX claims that the ...

Powerful and dependable, the Rolls-Royce Merlin aero engine was fitted to many of the most significant warplanes of 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 ...

The "D" variant of the North American P-51 Mustang has long been considered one of the greatest aircraft ever to fly. It is considered by many to be one of the leading technological reasons why the ...

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, ...

Humankind's first Space Race began on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite (Sputnik) into orbit around Earth. The unparalleled and exponential explosion of ...

The Rolls-Royce Merlin is not just an engine; it is an icon of aviation history, and it is as legendary as the magician who carried the same name. From the desperate days of the Battle of Britain to ...

Without question, the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine is one of the greatest piston pushers ever made. The 27-liter V12 was built in the 1930s and 1940s and would eventually go on to power allied fighter ...