SpaceX is launching its Falcon Heavy rocket tomorrow, and if it’s successful, it’ll be twice as powerful in terms of cargo capacity as its next closest active rival. That will help give SpaceX an edge in the growing private space race, and open up new opportunities in terms of potential clients, as well as set […]
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Super realistic animation shows Falcon Heavy launching Tesla Roaster into space
Tuesday is the day when the whimsy of Elon Musk finally takes off.
The billionaire’s SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida and within the powerful rocket is a cherry red Tesla Roadster that will, if the launch…
Elon Musk shows off the dummy that’s going to Mars in a Tesla
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We’ve already established that Elon Musk takes all his jokes seriously, so when he said he’ll send a Tesla Roadster to space, we believed him.
But Musk isn’t sending the car up there without a driver — because that would be pointless, wouldn’t it? No, behind the wheel will be Starman, a dummy dressed in SpaceX’s snazzy spacesuit, ready to boldly go where no crash-test dummy dared go before.
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View More Elon Musk shows off the dummy that’s going to Mars in a TeslaElon Musk announces an early February launch plan for Falcon Heavy
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Elon Musk’s “week or so” until the Falcon Heavy launch is now looking like it’ll be closer to two weeks.
The SpaceX founder confirmed on Twitter that he’s “aiming” to have a Feb. 6 launch for the private aerospace company’s largest rocket to date. It will lift off from the Apollo launchpad 39A at Cape Kennedy, Musk tweeted.
“Easy viewing from the public causeway.”
Aiming for first flight of Falcon Heavy on Feb 6 from Apollo launchpad 39A at Cape Kennedy. Easy viewing from the public causeway.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 27, 2018 Read more…
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View More Elon Musk announces an early February launch plan for Falcon HeavySpaceX sets historic first Falcon Heavy launch for February 6
SpaceX has set February 6 as the target for its Falcon Heavy launch, the first ever test flight of the new, high-capacity rocket that the company is building to allow it to send nearly three times as much payload per mission into orbit. SpaceX CE…
View More SpaceX sets historic first Falcon Heavy launch for February 6SpaceX can’t test launch Falcon Heavy while government is shut down
SpaceX is impacted by the ongoing U.S. Government shutdown – which is bad news both for its pending Falcon Heavy test flight, as well as for its other missions, which include imminent ISS resupply and commercial satellite launches. The Verge has confirmed that SpaceX’s dependence on U.S. Air Force support for launch operations at Cape Canaveral has held up any potential launch… Read More
SpaceX to run a static test fire of Falcon Heavy this week
SpaceX is planning to perform a static test fire of its massive Falcon Heavy rocket later this week, the company revealed today in a statement from company President and COO Gwynne Shotwell. Now that the rocket is vertical on launchpad LC-39A, a static test fire to ensure the rocket’s 27 Merlin engines are in good working order and ready for the full, inaugural test launch targeting… Read More
Watch SpaceX launch the mysterious Zuma spacecraft live here
SpaceX will attempt its first launch of 2018 later today, with a two-hour launch window opening at 8 PM EST (5 PM PST), with a backup launch window set for tomorrow at the same time. The launch was originally planned for late last year, but was pushed due to SpaceX wanted to review data related to fairing used in the launch.
The payload for the launch is the ‘Zuma’ spacecraft, a… Read More
SpaceX shows off its Falcon Heavy rocket vertical on the launchpad
SpaceX is getting ready for its first ever test flight of the Falcon Heavy, it’s heavy-duty rocket aimed at propelling large cargo loads into low Earth orbit. The rocket uses three Falcon 9 boosters combined for maximum load capacity when leaving Earth’s atmosphere, and it’s looking to do its first test launch within the next few weeks from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The… Read More
Elon Musk really will launch a Tesla Roadster on the first Falcon Heavy rocket
Elon Musk shared images on his Instagram account today of the payload being loaded up on the first Falcon Heavy rocket that will ever launch – and it’s a red Tesla Roadster. The SpaceX CEO previously said that he’d be launching exactly that on the spaceship, but then suggested he was joking – before the whole thing was confirmed again by SpaceX, and now made really… Read More
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket sets up at Cape Canaveral ahead of launch
SpaceX won’t hit its 2017 target for a test flight of its new, huge Falcon Heavy rocket – but the massive launch craft is now in place at Cape Canaveral in Florida, where it will undergo testing including a full static test fire, as well as final assembly, before attempting its inaugural launch early next year. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared images of the Falcon Heavy set up in a… Read More
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket sets up at Cape Canaveral ahead of launch
SpaceX won’t hit its 2017 target for a test flight of its new, huge Falcon Heavy rocket – but the massive launch craft is now in place at Cape Canaveral in Florida, where it will undergo testing including a full static test fire, as well as final assembly, before attempting its inaugural launch early next year. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared images of the Falcon Heavy set up in a… Read More