Falcon Heavy

The US Space Force's X-37B spaceplane has launched successfully on its multi-year orbital mission. At 8:07 pm EST, the unmanned vehicle set atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX has today fired up its mighty Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful in operation today, for the first time since 2019 to successfully lift a set of satellites into orbit for the US Space Force.

​SpaceX is on a mission to reuse as much of its launch systems as possible. Part of this strategy involves catching pieces of rocket as they plummet back toward Earth, something the company managed to pull off for the first time following yesterday’s landmark Falcon Heavy launch. ​​

​​SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is off again. With a slew of government satellites and important spacecraft onboard, the world’s most powerful operational vehicle lifted off into the night sky for the first time in what the company calls one of the most challenging launches in its history.

Future spacecraft could be getting around under the power of sails. But of course, with no wind in space, these sails are catching another method of propulsion – photons from starlight. The tech is soon due to be demonstrated in action onboard LightSail 2, a small satellite due to launch next week.

SpaceX made history as it not only successfully flew is Falcon Heavy rocket on its first commercial mission, but also recovered all three of the first-stage boosters for the first time. The Arabsat-6A mission to send a communications satellite into orbit is the second flight of the Falcon Heavy.

When SpaceX shot a Tesla Roadster into interplanetary space. it included a copy of Isaac Asimov's sci fi epic, The Foundation Trilogy laser etched on a quartz disc called an "Arch library," which is designed to survive intact for billions of years.

How long will the Tesla Roadster now flying through space continue to do so and what will be the fate of this cosmic convertible? Will it still look as pristine a billion years from now as it did in the videos beamed back to Earth? Probably not.

A day after SpaceX's Falcon Heavy blasted into space, the private spacefaring company has posted some spectacular images of the launch, as well as updating the status of the Tesla Roadster that acted as ballast payload.

If you're wondering what happened to that Tesla Roadster that SpaceX shot into interplanetary space on Tuesday atop its Falcon Heavy rocket, wonder no more, because the company has posted a live feed from the cosmic car on YouTube.

Commercial space travel took a quantum leap forward this Tuesday, as SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket made its maiden flight. At 3:45 pm EST, the world's most powerful operational booster lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on a mission intended to gather information about the launch system.

This time tomorrow Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster may well be hurtling towards Mars after being fired into space by the world's most powerful operational rocket. An animation shared by the company shows how this spectacular journey will play out should everything go to plan. ​