This is what happens to an unassuming 1955 Chevy when the owner is a designer and sets out to magically transform the ride into the “Brute Force” show car ...

A Merlin 1C engine undergoing development test firing at the SpaceX test facility in McGregor Texas. The Merlin 1C engine will power the next Falcon 1 flight, scheduled for Q1 2008.

Of any two engines on display, there's just no beating the name recognition of the Rolls-Royce Merlin liquid-cooled V12 and the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 ...

SpaceX's Texas facility was testing an upgraded Falcon 9 rocket engine when it exploded on its stand, inflicting damage that will take weeks to repair.

The new model, the Merlin 1D, is the fifth version of the rocket engine designed and built in-house at SpaceX's Hawthorne, California, headquarters.

The Merlin 1D will be more efficient than the current engine model used on SpaceX rockets. The new engine will first be used in a 2013 launch, the company said.

A project that demonstrates this in spades is [mayhugh1]’s quarter-scale model of a vintage Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 piston aero engine.

The Rolls-Royce Merlin engine played a pivotal point in World War II. It was in the Mustang and Spitfire aircrafts and allowed them to fly at higher altitudes.

A Merlin rocket engine exploded Sunday at SpaceX's test facilities in Central Texas. According to the company, no one was injured during the mishap, which damaged two bays in a Merlin engine test ...

There’s nothing like the sound of a Spitfire’s Rolls-Royce Merlin engine - and hearing it at takeoff is pure magic. I captured this iconic aircraft as it roared down the runway, with that ...