SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket for first time in three years
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SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida Tuesday, the first flight since 2019 of the world's most powerful rocket.
SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida Tuesday, the first flight since 2019 of the world's most powerful rocket. Mission USSF-44, transporting cargo for the US Space Force, including the TETRA 1 satellite, blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center around 9:40 am (1340 GMT). Several minutes later, the rocket's two side boosters made their way back to Earth -- the craft's main stage will never be recovered. Falcon Heavy was launched for the first time as part of a test in 2018, carrying SpaceX boss' Elon Musk's own Tesla car. Tuesday's flight was Falcon Heavy's third operational commercial flight, and the first since June 2019. The ...