FALCON HEAVY

Five years ago today (Feb. 6), SpaceX's brawny Falcon Heavy rocket left Earth for the first time ever, sending a car into orbit around the sun.

A high-definition exterior camera on the International Space Station snapped a shot of the plume created by SpaceX's Falcon Heavy during its Jan. 15 launch.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket aced its liftoff on Sunday (Jan. 15) within view of numerous photographers, who shared incredible footage on social media.

With a spectacular sunset launch, SpaceX sent its Falcon Heavy on a mission for the U.S. military, carrying a pair of communications satellites into orbit.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launched on its fifth-ever mission on Sunday (Jan. 15), sending multiple satellites aloft for the U.S. Space Force.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX plans to launch the USSF-67 mission using the Falcon Heavy rocket Sunday evening. The launch is scheduled for liftoff at 5:56 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. According to a release, this will be the fifth SpaceX Falcon Heavy mission. WATCH: SpaceX launches 1st rocket of 2023, lands booster at Florida’s Space CoastThe rocket will carry two communication satellites for military data and other experimental equipment for the U.S. Space Force. After booster separation, two side boosters from the Falcon Heavy will land on landing zones 1 and 2.

Falcon Heavy is now vertical on Launch Complex 39A in Florida. Targeting Sunday, January 15 for launch of the USSF-67 mission → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK pic.twitter.com/2tlJjDQ5R4 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 14, 2023Original story:SpaceX plans to launch the next U.S. Space Force mission using the Falcon Heavy rocket this weekend. The launch is scheduled for liftoff at 5:56 p.m. Saturday from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. According to a release, this will be the fifth SpaceX Falcon Heavy mission. Two side boosters from the Falcon Heavy will land on landing zones 1 and 2, and you may be able to see the boosters return.

SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket will be back in action on Saturday (Jan. 14), and you can watch the liftoff live.

SpaceX is set to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center Sunday evening.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX is planning to launch a Falcon Heavy rocket this weekend. The Kennedy Space Center is preparing for its next rocket launch on Saturday. Watch: SpaceX Dragon seen burning through the sky over Central Florida before splashdownSpaceX is set to launch around 5 p.m. from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Watch: SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force StationPeople in the area will hear two sonic booms after the launch as two of the rocket’s boosters are set to land near Cape Canaveral Space Force station. WATCH: SpaceX successfully launches OneWeb Launch 16 mission aboard Falcon 9 rocket WATCH: SpaceX successfully launches OneWeb Launch 16 mission aboard Falcon 9 rocketChannel 9 will have live coverage of the launch on Eyewitness News.

SpaceX announced that is targeting Saturday, Jan. 14 for a Falcon Heavy rocket launch of the USSF 67 mission for the U.S. Space Force.

SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket has flexed its muscles ahead of a planned liftoff this weekend.

SpaceX's next Falcon Heavy rocket is in the hangar at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, prepping for a launch in the coming days.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — SpaceX is planning an early morning Falcon 9 launch on Wednesday. SpaceX also plans to land the rocket’s first-stage booster back on the ground at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Watch: SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force StationThe rocket landing on the Space Coast will mean a sonic boom may be heard by people in the area. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Hakuto-R mission. Watch: Satellite manufacturer scrubs plans for Florida expansion; see where they’re heading insteadIt’s the first privately-led Japanese mission to land on the moon.

With Wednesday morning's (Nov. 16) Artemis 1 launch NASA's Space Launch System became the most powerful rocket ever to fly a successful mission.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Florida’s Space Coast will remain busy Wednesday night as SpaceX prepares to launch a Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX will attempt to launch a French telecommunications satellite into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Watch: Satellite manufacturer scrubs plans for Florida expansion; see where they’re heading insteadThe launch window opens at 11:26 p.m.Read: SpaceX ferries astronauts back to Earth after half-year awayThis launch comes a day after SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket Tuesday morning. Watch: SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force StationChannel 9 will have live coverage of SpaceX’s Wednesday night launch on Eyewitness News. Click here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.

SpaceX has scored another set of double booster landings following a launch for the military. Elon Musk's company launched its mega Falcon Heavy rocket Tuesday for the first time in more than three years from Kennedy Space Center. (Nov. 1)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — SpaceX launched its mega Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in more than three years Tuesday, hoisting satellites for the military and then nailing side-by-side booster landings back near the pad. The core stage was discarded at sea, its entire energy needed to get the Space Force’s satellites to their intended extra-high orbit. This was SpaceX’s fourth flight of a Falcon Heavy, currently the most powerful rocket in use. The first, in 2018, launched SpaceX chief Elon Musk’s red Tesla convertible; the next two Heavy launches followed in 2019, lifting satellites. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, the world's most powerful rocket currently in operation, took flight this morning (Nov. 1) for the first time in more than three years.

Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to launch the first Falcon Heavy mission in over three years, a towering rocket that is the most powerful currently in operation.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket went vertical on the launch pad overnight. The rocket is set to take off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:40 a.m. This will be the first time SpaceX will launch its Falcon Heavy from Florida’s Space Coast since June 2019. Read: SpaceX Falcon Heavy ready to launch Tuesday morning; double sonic boom expectedIt’s been a long-delayed mission for SpaceX, so there is a lot of excitement for the launch. After the launch, SpaceX plans to land and recover the rocket’s two side boosters.

SpaceX rolled its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket to the launch pad on Monday (Oct. 31) ahead of a planned liftoff a day later.

SpaceX is set to send two spacecraft payloads to geosynchronous orbit on behalf of the U.S. Space Force, treating Floridians to their first Falcon Heavy launch in more than three years.

In the 40 months since a Falcon Heavy last took flight, SpaceX has launched more than 100 missions with its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket. So why has the Heavy stayed grounded?

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 Heavy rocket is vertical on the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of a national security mission for the U.S. Space Force. As early as this evening, SpaceX is expected to conduct a static fire test ahead of Monday’s planned 9:44 a.m. launch. It will be the first Falcon Heavy to lift off from Florida’s Space Coast since June 2019. Read: Space Force, SpaceX preparing Falcon Heavy to launch this month“But that’s fixed now, and hopefully when they do a static fire test later today that will clear the path to the launch,” Kremer said. After the launch of this U.S. Space Force mission, SpaceX plans to recover the Falcon 9 Heavy’s two side boosters, which will be refurbished and used for another Space Force launch later this year.

SpaceX is set to send two payloads to geosynchronous orbit on behalf of the U.S. Space Force this Halloween.

SpaceX is set to send two payloads to geosynchronous orbit on behalf of the U.S. Space Force this Halloween.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket in the world, is getting ready to take flight for the first time in more than three years.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Launch fans will have a chance to see another Falcon Heavy later this month. SpaceX and Space Systems Command are preparing to launch U.S. Space Force-44, the first National Security Space Launch, in October, Space Force said Friday. USSF-44 will lift off from Space Launch Complex-39A at the Kennedy Space Center. This will be the fourth Falcon Heavy since the debut of the vehicle and the first Falcon Heavy launch since June 2019. Read: SpaceX launches Galaxy satellites from Cape Canaveral after multiple delaysThe Space Force said SpaceX plans to recover the side boosters to reuse for another Space Force launch this year.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is the vehicle that launches satellites, Dragon cargo spacecraft and Crew Dragon spacecraft to orbit.

Falcon Heavy is now scheduled to loft Astranis' first commercial communications satellite to orbit next spring, the San Francisco-based company announced Thursday (Sept. 23).

A Falcon Heavy will launch Astrobotic's Griffin lander in 2023 from Kennedy Space Center.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the lunar Gateway propulsion system and the habitation module, the foundation of the orbiting space outpost, NASA announced Tuesday. AdThe U.S. space agency’s launch services program will manage the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch on NASA’s end overseeing the build, delivery and launch. NASA has selected Falcon Heavy to launch the first two elements of the lunar Gateway together on one mission! “The Falcon Heavy was chosen probably because the Falcon Heavy is less expensive and the SLS isn’t quite ready yet,” Forczyk said. That element is slated to launch on the second flight of NASA’s Space Launch System, the agency’s Artemis rocket.

This image from video provided by SpaceX shows the company's spacesuit in Elon Musk's red Tesla sports car which was launched into space during the first test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. At 3:45 p.m. on Feb. 6, 2018 Falcon Heavy fired up all 27 Merlin engines on its three boosters, lifting off from the same pad where astronauts launched to the moon almost 50 years ago. AdAbout three minutes after the launch, Falcon Heavy's three boosters performed an amazing aerial ballet as all three came back to Earth. Next, SpaceX won the internet by sharing video of the red Tesla -- one of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's cars-- floating in space. The car is identified as SpaceX Roadster (spacecraft) (Tesla) -143205 in JPL’s Horizons system that tracks objects in the solar system.

The rocket successfully flew five test satellites into orbit, and used environmentally friendly liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen fuels for the launch. It wasn't clear if this first rocket was reusable, according to Reuters , but China has disclosed plans to reuse Long March 8 boosters in the coming years. Reusable rockets: The evolution of SpaceX boostersA Chinese Long March 8 rocket launches on its debut mission from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island on Dec. 21, 2020. The new two-stage rocket uses two side boosters, with its main stages based on the designs of other Chinese rockets. The first stage is based on the Long March 7 and the second stage is based on the Long March 3.

SpaceX's Starman mannequin sits inside Elon Musk's red Tesla Roadster with Earth in the background, shortly after the initial launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket on Feb. 6, 2018. The spacesuit-clad mannequin is "driving" SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, which launched in February 2018 on the debut flight of the company's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket. (One astronomical unit is the average Earth-sun distance — about 93 million miles, or 150 million kilometers.) SpaceX's epic road trip: Starman rides a Tesla roadster across space (photos)Starman and the Roadster circle the sun once every 557 Earth days, according to the tracking site whereisroadster.com. The Falcon Heavy has since launched two more missions, both of them operational flights.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the GPS III-SV03 mission for the U.S. Space Force on June 30, 2020. Elon Musk's company just signed a contract modification with the U.S. Space Force that allows two upcoming GPS satellite launches to use Falcon 9 boosters with preflown first stages. That's a first for national-security payloads, and it will result in savings of nearly $53 million for American taxpayers across the two flights, Space Force officials said. "We appreciate the effort that the U.S. Space Force invested into the evaluation and are pleased that they see the benefits of the technology," Shotwell said. The military branch's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) previously signed contract modifications allowing SpaceX to land Falcon 9 first stages during GPS launches.

CAPE CANAVERAL SpaceX launched its heftiest rocket with 24 research satellites Tuesday, a middle-of-the-night rideshare featuring a deep space atomic clock, solar sail, a clean and green rocket fuel testbed, and even human ashes. It was the third flight of a Falcon Heavy rocket, but the first ordered by the military. The Defense Department mission, dubbed STP-2 for Space Test Program, is expected to provide data to certify the Falcon Heavy and reused boosters for future national security launches. The Falcon Heavy is the most powerful rocket in use today. The first Falcon Heavy launch was in February 2018.