SpaceX will launch NASAโs lunar Gateway on Falcon Heavy rocket
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 agencyโs launch services program will manage the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch on NASAโs 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! โThe Falcon Heavy was chosen probably because the Falcon Heavy is less expensive and the SLS isnโt quite ready yet,โ Forczyk said. That element is slated to launch on the second flight of NASAโs Space Launch System, the agencyโs Artemis rocket.
Remember when SpaceX launched a sports car to Mars?
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 JPLโs Horizons system that tracks objects in the solar system.