Falcon Heavy in flight for the first time, 6th February 2018. Falcon Heavy is a reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle being designed and manufactur

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Falcon Heavy in flight for the first time, 6th February 2018. Falcon Heavy is a reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle being designed and manufactured by SpaceX. It is the most powerful US rocket since Saturn V and the most powerful operational rocket in the world. It's first launch was successful, carrying a payload containing Elon Musk's Tesla roadster car into an elliptical orbit around the Sun. Two of the three reusable rockets also returned safely to Earth.

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