SpaceX Falcon Heavy

Learn more about SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, the world's most powerful booster, which made its debut flight on Feb. 6, 2018.

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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket takes off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 6, 2018. It was the first-ever liftoff for the powerful rocket.

The 20 most memorable SpaceX missions from its 1st 20 years in photos

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX has launched about 150 missions in its first 20 years. Here's a look at 20 of the most important and memorable of them.

SpaceX's Starship is stacked atop its Super Heavy for the first time in August 2021 during tests of the new, giant reusable rocket.

8 ways that SpaceX has transformed spaceflight

By Elizabeth Howell published

Reusing rockets and dreaming big are some of the things that have made SpaceX stand out.

This is a still frame from the short film "A Trip to the Moon."

Moon-crashing SpaceX rocket will create new crater – here's what we should worry about

By David Rothery published

It’s not often that the sudden appearance of a new impact crater on the Moon can be predicted, but it’s going to happen on March 4, when a derelict SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will crash into it.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches on its debut mission from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 6, 2018.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch internet satellite to serve Alaska in 2022

By Mike Wall published

Falcon Heavy is now scheduled to loft Astranis' first commercial communications satellite to orbit next spring, the San Francisco-based company announced Thursday (Sept. 23).

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches the STP-2 mission for the U.S. Department of Defense on June 25, 2019.

NASA picks SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to launch GOES-U weather satellite

By Mike Wall published

NASA has picked Falcon Heavy to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U), with a planned liftoff in April 2024 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA has picked SpaceX's heavy-lift Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's icy moon.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA's Europa Clipper mission to icy Jupiter moon

By Mike Wall published

NASA has picked SpaceX's heavy-lift Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's icy moon.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 6, 2018.

SpaceX will launch Astrobotic lander to the moon with NASA's ice-sniffing VIPER rover

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA has a launcher for its ice-hunting rover that will land on the moon in 2023.

Artist's concept of the Gateway power and propulsion and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) in orbit around the moon.

NASA picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch 1st Gateway station pieces to the moon

By Amy Thompson published

NASA has selected SpaceX to deliver the first two segments of the moon-orbiting Gateway space station for its upcoming Artemis program, which aims to put astronauts back on the moon.

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See the evolution of SpaceX rockets in pictures

By Elizabeth Howell published

An artist's impression of NASA's Psyche mission orbiter near the metal-rich asteroid, named Psyche.

NASA picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch Psyche mission to metal asteroid in 2022

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA has contracted SpaceX to launch its Psyche mission to a unique metal asteroid in July 2022.

An illustration of SpaceX's planned mobile service tower at Launch Complex 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The tower will allow vertical integration of U.S. national security payloads.

SpaceX aims to launch 70 missions a year from Florida's Space Coast by 2023

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX is planning a huge boost to the number of rocket launches from its Florida launch sites in the next few years and build a mobile service tower for rockets.

SpaceX's Starman mannequin sits inside Elon Musk's red Tesla Roadster with Earth in the background, shortly after the initial launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket on Feb. 6, 2018.

SpaceX's Starman and Elon Musk's Tesla Have Made a Lap Around the Sun

By Mike Wall published

The deep-space duo have come full circle.

The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 captured this picture of Earth’s limb on July 6, 2019, at 12:41 a.m. EDT from a camera mounted on its dual-sided solar panels. The spacecraft was headed into orbital sunset at the time, and the sun is visible to the right. The photo is unmodified and shows a number of lens flare artifacts caused by sunlight scattering around the camera optics. LightSail 2’s dual fisheye cameras have fields of view of about 180 degrees, causing the arcs in the corners and some distortion.

LightSail 2 Beams 1st Photos Home from Orbit! How to Track the Little Satellite.

By Amy Thompson published

The Planetary Society's solar-sailing spacecraft LightSail 2 beamed back its first views of Earth on Sunday (July 7). And you can keep close tabs on the little satellite — here's how.

Half of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy payload fairing descends through Earth's atmosphere on June 25, 2019, shortly after the giant rocket's launch.

See SpaceX Falcon Heavy Fairing Return to Earth in Amazing Video

By Mike Wall published

A stunning new video captures the dramatic and surprisingly colorful descent of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy payload fairing during the huge rocket's launch on June 25.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket made its first night flight in the wee hours of June 25.

See Stunning Photos of SpaceX Falcon Heavy's First Night Launch

By Christine Lunsford published

The launch turned night to day!

Half of a Falcon Heavy payload fairing nestles in the net of the boat Ms. Tree in the early-morning hours of June 25, 2019.

SpaceX Boat Snags Falling Payload Fairing in Historic First

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX pulled off a long-sought rocket-reusability milestone during yesterday's epic Falcon Heavy launch.

The NASA/NOAA GOES-East satellite captured this image of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launching from Florida on June 25, 2019.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Spotted from Space (Photos)

By Mike Wall published

An Earth-observation satellite spotted something leaving our planet early this morning (June 25).

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches 24 satellites during the rocket's third-ever launch, on June 25, 2019.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Lofts 24 Satellites in 1st Night Launch

By Meghan Bartels published

SpaceX marked a milestone today (June 25) as the company's Falcon Heavy megarocket successfully lofted two dozen satellites into orbit.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket as seen waiting on the launchpad.

SpaceX Adjusts Launch Time for First Falcon Heavy Night Flight

By Meghan Bartels published

SpaceX is waiting until late in its 4-hour window to fire the engines on the massive Falcon Heavy rocket currently sitting on a launch pad here at Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket preparing for its June 24, 2019, launch.

SpaceX Looks Ahead to Certification Milestone with Falcon Heavy Launch

By Stefano Coledan published

A panoply of satellites is awaiting liftoff aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket on a mission that will mark a milestone in SpaceX's quest to become an Air Force-certified launch provider.