Merlin is a family of liquid fuel rocket engines SpaceX designed and manufactures, burning RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen in a gas generator cycle, that power the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, nine on a Falcon 9 first stage plus one vacuum-optimized engine on the second stage. Originally designed for sea recovery and reuse, Merlin has enabled Falcon 9 boosters to land vertically and refly since 2016, drawing on an injector design derived from the Apollo Lunar Module's landing engine, and by 2024 a single Merlin 1D had flown 22 times, the most of any rocket engine in history.
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1. Merlin (rocket engine) (Wikipedia)
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Merlin engines use RP-1 and liquid oxygen as rocket propellants in a gas-generator power cycle.
2. SpaceX Merlin (Wikipedia)
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The Merlin 1A flew only twice: first on March 24, 2006
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Merlin is a family of rocket engines developed by SpaceX.
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Merlin is a family of rocket engines developed by SpaceX. They are currently a part of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, and were formerly used on the Falcon 1.
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