hurdle emerged during the creation of the rocket’s first-stage propellant tanks, which house the liquid oxygen and liquid methane required for flight. Engineers identified microscopic voids between carbon fiber layers in the forward dome—a vital...

for some of the observed chemical disparities, narrowing the gap between the two worlds. Fits of the upper tropospheric methane mole fraction as a function of latitude. For Uranus (top), we fitted the data of Sromovsky et al. (2014). We show 113 data...

diagnostic tool for engineers, allowing for the observation of the vehicle’s Raptor engines—which utilize a mix of liquid methane and liquid oxygen—under peak operational stress. By firing the engines while the rocket is secured to the launch...

a first-stage booster engine designed to replace the incumbent BE-4. While maintaining the same liquid oxygen and liquid methane propellant architecture, Northstar focuses on radical improvements in production efficiency and raw thrust. The company...