Handling this task is a turbopump, which requires a lot ... making it by far the most powerful Methalox engine ever. With 33 Raptor cores powering the Super Heavy first stage of Starship ...

The company also announced they would begin testing of their new Raptor engine – a key element of their Mars mission architecture – early next year at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.

An curved arrow pointing right. SpaceX has shipped a Raptor engine to its base in Texas for testing, marking a key step forward in the company's goal to colonize Mars. The Raptor is capable of ...