Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced today that it has completed the qualification testing program of its Merlin 1C next generation liquid fueled rocket booster engine for use in ...

The Merlin 1C is an improved version of the Merlin 1A ablatively cooled engine, which lofted the Falcon 1 on its first flight in March 2006 and second flight in March 2007.

In 2018, Blue Origin paid consultants to tell them how to copy the success of SpaceX. Ars Technica reviewed the consultant’s advice and findings about rapid iterative testing and how motivated SpaceX ...

Elon Musk of Space X has released the news of what happened to the Falcon 1 rocket that failed to reach orbit last week. The problem arose due to the longer thrust decay transient of our new Merlin 1C ...

On August 2nd, Falcon 1 executed a picture perfect first stage flight, ultimately reaching an altitude of 217 km, but encountered a problem just after stage separation that prevented the second stage ...

88 Energy Ltd., Perth, confirmed discovery of light oil at Merlin-1 in its Project Peregrine program on the North Slope of Alaska. Post-well evaluation of the wildcat, drilled in March, has ...