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Forum:Commercial Space - Military Space
Topic:SpaceX Falcon Heavy demonstration mission
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Robert PearlmancollectSPACE
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy lifts off on maiden flight of 'most powerful operational rocket'

At T-5 seconds left in the countdown, 18 rocket engines — nine on each side-mounted booster — were given a go to start. Two seconds later, another nine on the vehicle's center core were commanded to do the same.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, now the world's most powerful operational rocket, lifted off on Tuesday (Feb. 6), riding atop the thrust of 27 engines on its first test flight.

Robert PearlmancollectSPACE
'A car in deep space': Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster leaves Earth with 'easter eggs'

Starman is traveling through the solar system, riding in the driver's seat of a midnight cherry Tesla Roadster with the top down.

The improbable, if also surreal scene, captured in a video broadcast back to Earth, unfolded live on Tuesday evening (Feb. 6) as a finale to SpaceX's maiden launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket.

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