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SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)
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Starship is a spacecraft and second stage under development by American aerospace company SpaceX. Stacked atop its booster, Super Heavy, the pair compose SpaceX's super heavy-lift space vehicle, also
Starship prototype SN20 at the launch site; the distinctive stainless steel structure is visible as well as the edges of the dark thermal protection tiles that cover the windward side of the vehicle.
Starship prototype SN20 at the launch site; the distinctive stainless steel structure is visible as well as the edges of the dark thermal protection t
Diagram of a Block 1 Starship's internal structure. Not shown in this diagram are the flaps: the aft flaps are placed at the bottom (or left in this o
Diagram of a Block 1 Starship's internal structure. Not shown in this diagram are the flaps: the aft flaps are placed at the bottom (or left in this orientation), and the forward flaps are placed at the top (here, right) portion of the vehicle.
Forward flap on a suborbital Starship prototype
Forward flap on a suborbital Starship prototype
Starship nosecone interior
Starship nosecone interior
SpaceX Raptor
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Raptor is a family of rocket engines developed and manufactured by SpaceX. It is the third rocket engine in history designed with a full-flow staged combustion fuel cycle, and the first such engine to
SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)
…of liquid oxygen and 330 t (730,000 lb) of liquid methane. Fuel is fed to the engines via four downcomers, with three smaller downcomers feeding the Vacuum Raptors/RVacs and the central downcomer feeding the inner three engines. The central downcomer connects to a large sump, instead of directly to the methane tank…
A Raptor 1 rocket engine ready for transport outside SpaceX's factory in Hawthorne, California
A Raptor 1 rocket engine ready for transport outside SpaceX's factory in Hawthorne, California
SpaceX's Merlin engine (left) compared to a sea-level Raptor 1 engine (right)
SpaceX's Merlin engine (left) compared to a sea-level Raptor 1 engine (right)
Testing of the Raptor 's oxygen preburner at Stennis Space Center in 2015
Testing of the Raptor 's oxygen preburner at Stennis Space Center in 2015
First test firing of a Raptor development engine on 25 September 2016 in McGregor, Texas
First test firing of a Raptor development engine on 25 September 2016 in McGregor, Texas