Articles about Falcon Heavy
The Falcon Heavy is a heavy-lift satellite launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX. The Falcon Heavy is a redesigned variation of the Falcon 9 rocket. The first stage of the rocket is a strengthened Falcon 9 first stage. Two similar first-stage boosters are strapped to either side. Each booster has nine Merlin engines that use RP-1 and liquid oxygen as rocket propellants. Falcon Heavy has 27 engines in total. The most important detail of Falcon Heavy is that it is partially reusable. As of September 2021, the rocket has been launched thrice, completed seven total landings, and four rockets were reflown. The Falcon Heavy has a payload-carrying capacity (up to low-Earth orbit) of 63.8 metric tons which is over twice as much as the next closest operational launch vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy. SpaceX claims that the Falcon Heavy can also fly a payload of 16.8 metric tons to Mars. The rocket made its maiden flight to space on February 6, 2018, after months of delays. Its payload was Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster playing David Bowie’s song “Life on Mars”.
31 Mar 2021
TechnologyJust weeks after the SpaceX Starship Serial Number 10 (SN10) rocket met a fiery demise after a seemingly successful landing, the Starship SN11 exploded in mid-air yesterday.
26 Jun 2019
BusinessSpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday pulled off the "toughest launch ever" of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket, but that's not what we are here to talk about.
15 Jun 2019
TechnologyRussia has launched a red-colored car into space in what looks like a mimicry of SpaceX's founder Elon Musk.
26 Nov 2018
WorldThe mercurial Elon Musk has struck again.
22 Jun 2018
BusinessSpaceX has landed a $130 million contract with the US Air Force to launch an Air Force satellite using its Falcon Heavy rocket.
10 Jun 2018
TechnologyTesla CEO Elon Musk never ceases to be off the spotlight.
09 Feb 2018
TechnologySpaceX CEO Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster car, which is currently floating in deep space, is heading towards an asteroid belt instead of Mars.
07 Feb 2018
TechnologySpaceX has successfully and seamlessly launched the most powerful operational rocket in the world called Falcon Heavy.
06 Feb 2018
TechnologySpaceX is set to test launch what it is calling the most powerful operational rocket in the world.
07 Jan 2018
TechnologyThe world's most powerful rocket - the Falcon Heavy - is scheduled for launch by January end, according to SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
16 May 2017
TechnologySpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has finally taken flight carrying the heavy Inmarsat communications satellite into orbit.
21 Mar 2017
TechnologyElon Musk's SpaceX, in collaboration with scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other organisations, has identified four landing regions on Mars for its spacecraft, including a "particularly promising" one.
20 Feb 2017
TechnologySpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell stated that the company would launch its Red Dragon robotic mission to Mars in 2020, instead of 2018 as was declared by Elon Musk last year.
28 Sep 2016
TechnologySpaceX published the video that details its long-awaited "Interplanetary Transport System" showing the company's new rocket- BFR "Big Fucking Rocket" and its interplanetary spaceship- the BFS, or "Big Fucking Spaceship."
