Elon Musk is the face of SpaceX — but rockets don’t fly on vision alone. Behind the scenes was Tom Mueller, the engineer who ...

SpaceX didn’t just improve rocket engines — they reinvented them. From the Falcon 9’s Merlin to the full-flow staged-combustion Raptor engine, this is how Elon Musk’s team changed spaceflight forever.

Former SpaceX propulsion lead Tom Mueller discusses Falcon 9 engine development, SpaceX's iteration culture, and Impulse ...

Once Elon Musk decided to build a reusable spacecraft to carry his dreams of Martian colonization, the engineers at SpaceX knew they would need a special engine for the world’s most powerful rocket.

Glad to see someone bringing up that the P-51 also used the Merlin engine. The Spitfire may be iconic, but IMO the Mustang was the best piston engined fighter aircraft ever built. Edit to add that the ...