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More photos from SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy night launch
The predawn launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center of a Falcon Heavy rocket June 25 was the first nighttime liftoff of SpaceX's heavy-lifter, the most powerful launcher currently operational anywhere in the world. The Falcon Heavy's two side boosters returned to Cape Canaveral less than nine minutes later.
Photos: Falcon Heavy lights up Florida’s Space Coast
The world's most powerful operational rocket flashed to life at 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT) Tuesday and climbed into a moonlit summer sky from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the same site where the Apollo 11 astronauts left Earth for their historic moon landing nearly 50 years ago.
Falcon Heavy launches on military-led rideshare mission, boat catches fairing
SpaceX's third Falcon Heavy rocket took off from the Kennedy Space Center in a predawn launch Tuesday, delivering two dozen research and weather observation spacecraft into orbit on a marathon three-and-a-half mission for the U.S. Air Force. The mission included the successful landing of the Falcon Heavy's two side boosters back at Cape Canaveral, and a SpaceX recovery boat netted part of the rocket's payload fairing for the first time.
Watch a video replay of the Falcon Heavy’s first night launch
This video replay shows the liftoff of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with 5.1 million pounds of thrust, followed by the nearby landing of the launcher's twin side boosters nine minutes later. The rocket's center core missed a landing attempt on SpaceX's offshore drone ship.
Launch timeline for Falcon Heavy’s first launch for the U.S. Air Force
SpaceX’s third Falcon Heavy rocket is set for liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the heavy-lift launcher will head on an easterly course over the Atlantic Ocean atop more than 5 million pounds of thrust.
Photos: Falcon Heavy reaches pad 39A for its first night launch
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket rolled out of its hangar and up the ramp to pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, then was raised vertical at the seaside launch complex early Monday in preparation for a late-night liftoff with two dozen weather observation and technology demonstration satellites.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy lifts off from Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT) to begin a three-and-a-half hour mission to deliver two dozen satellites into three distinct orbits. The Falcon Heavy's two side boosters returned to Cape Canaveral for successful landings, but the center core stage crashed during a landing attempt on SpaceX's drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
VideoFalcon Heavy to flex muscles on demanding demo launch for U.S. Air Force
On its third flight Monday night, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will fly to three different orbits with two dozen spacecraft on a mission set to last more than six hours, prompting SpaceX founder Elon Musk to declare it the company's "most difficult launch ever."
Watch NASA’s STP-2 technology briefing
Watch as NASA holds a briefing at the Kennedy Space Center on the four agency technology payloads that are part of the STP-2 mission flying into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Watch a 4K video replay of Falcon Heavy’s static fire test (members only)
SpaceX test-fired a Falcon Heavy rocket Wednesday night at the Kennedy Space Center in preparation for launch June 24 with a stack of weather observation and technology demonstration satellites.