Elon Musk and his team at SpaceX have successfully launched their latest rocket “Falcon Heavy” into space!
SpaceX is a private American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company owned by Elon Musk. You might recognize Elon Musk as the owner of Tesla Motors.
Today the Falcon Heavy rocket is carrying Elon Musk’s cherry red Roadster from Tesla to orbit Mars.
All systems remain go for today’s test flight of Falcon Heavy. Weather is 90% favorable for today’s two-and-a-half hour launch window, which opens at 1:30 p.m. EST, or 18:30 UTC. pic.twitter.com/oYrZZQzzbo
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 6, 2018
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/2ypESsi1sF
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 6, 2018
This successful launch makes this rocket the most powerful in the world. You can catch the full rocket launch here.
(If you just want to see the launch skip to the 29-minute mark of the video)
