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Maiden SpaceX
Falcon Heavy rocket blasts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017. Nose cone housing Starman seated in Tesla Roadster is stenciled with Falcon Heavy logo. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
Ken Kremer
— SpaceUpClose.com — 8 Feb 2018
— SpaceUpClose.com — 8 Feb 2018
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The maiden blastoff of the SpaceX Falcon
Heavy triple barreled behemoth certified the vehicle as the new “World’s Most Powerful
Rocket” currently in operation.
Heavy triple barreled behemoth certified the vehicle as the new “World’s Most Powerful
Rocket” currently in operation.
The
inaugural test flight of the triple stick Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off in
spectacular fashion from historic pad 39A at NASA’s
Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 p.m. EST
(2045 GMT) on Feb. 6, 2018.
inaugural test flight of the triple stick Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off in
spectacular fashion from historic pad 39A at NASA’s
Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 p.m. EST
(2045 GMT) on Feb. 6, 2018.
The 27 first stage Merlin 1D first stage engines ignited to
generate almost 5 million pounds of liftoff thrust.
generate almost 5 million pounds of liftoff thrust.
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27 Merlin 1D first stage
engine firing to propel debut SpaceX Falcon Heavy downrange to orbit after Feb. 6, 2018 launch from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
Check out our gallery of additional photos of the launch and
twin landings of the side boosters back at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fl some eight minutes
after the Feb. 6 debut blastoff.
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Launch of SpaceX Falcon
on debut test flight from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
Check back as the gallery grows.
Read our detailed prelaunch
and launch stories.
and launch stories.
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Maiden SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket blasts off from Launch
Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
Watch
for Ken’s continuing onsite coverage of Falcon Heavy, ULA and NASA and space mission reports direct
from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
for Ken’s continuing onsite coverage of Falcon Heavy, ULA and NASA and space mission reports direct
from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Stay tuned here for Ken’s continuing Earth and
Planetary science and human spaceflight news: www.kenkremer.com
–www.spaceupclose
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–www.spaceupclose
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Maiden SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket blasts off from Launch Complex
39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017 with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s Tesla sports car as the payload bound for Mars and beyond. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy
streaks to orbit after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy
streaks to orbit after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy
streaks to orbit after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
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In flight separation of both side mounted
booster from the center core of SpaceX Falcon Heavy after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
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In flight separation of both side mounted
booster from the center core of SpaceX Falcon Heavy after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
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Twin side cores ignite engines during entry
burn after SpaceX Falcon Heavy liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
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Descent of the two recycled SpaceX Falcon Heavy side mounted boosters towards Landing
Zones 1 and 2 eight minutes after maiden liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2018. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
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The two recycled SpaceX Falcon Heavy side boosters landed nearly simultaneously,
and side by side, on Feb. 6, eight minutes after maiden liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2018. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
