News Archive / Tagged: Falcon Heavy
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NASA chooses Falcon Heavy for first segments of lunar gateway
Matt HaskellFebruary 13th, 2021In a contract award as part of NASA’s Artemis program, NASA announced on Tuesday, February 9, that they have awarded the launch contract for initial elements of the Gateway Lunar Outpost to SpaceX and their Falcon Heavy rocket.
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OPINION: 2019 – Numbers and Names
Jason RhianJanuary 1st, 2020Well that happened. 2019 was a roller-coaster of ups and downs that will have far-reaching consequences for future space exploration efforts.
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Gallery: Falcon Heavy pushes back the night on STP-2 flight
Jason RhianJune 26th, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Although STP-2 didn't launch right on time, before the close of Monday's launch window - the job got done. History was seared into every inch of Florida's skies after the Falcon Heavy rocket left the pad at 2:30 a.m. EDT (06:30 GMT) on Tuesday, June 25.
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Night time is the right time for SpaceX STP-2 mission
Jason RhianJune 25th, 2019SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is starting to become a frequent flyer of Florida's skies, with the rocket's third flight checking off several "firsts."
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Successful static fire clears way for launch of third Falcon Heavy flight
Curt GodwinJune 21st, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Clearing one of the last hurdles before the flight of the Space Test Program 2 (STP-2) mission early next week, SpaceX is preparing for the first night launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket.
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Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for April 19, 2019
Derek RichardsonApril 19th, 2019In this week's Space Bulletin, the world's largest aircraft takes flight while the NG-11 Cygnus spacecraft launches to and berths with the ISS.
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Remains of Falcon Heavy center core returned to port
Derek RichardsonApril 18th, 2019A week after launching, what remains of the Falcon Heavy center core that toppled over because of rough seas has been returned to port.
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Video: Countdown to history – Falcon Heavy soars with Arabsat-6A!
Jason RhianApril 16th, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- SpaceX launched the second of the company's Falcon Heavy rockets with the 13,230 lbs Arabsat-6A satellite as its payload on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 6:35 p.m. ET (22:35 GMT). The historic mission safely sent its payload on its way to geostationary orbit and also saw three of the rocket's first stage cores successfully touch back down for reuse.
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No booster for you! Falcon Heavy core stage topples over in rough seas
Jason RhianApril 15th, 2019A tweet made by Tim "The Everyday Astronaut" Dodd reported that the core booster of the Falcon Heavy rocket that launched April 11 has been lost to the sea.
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Gallery: Falcon Heavy with Arabsat-6A – Hard as thunder, light as rain
Jason RhianApril 11th, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — One, two, three. Each of these numbers denoted major milestone achieved by SpaceX with the flight of the Arabsat-6A mission on one of the company's Falcon Heavy rockets.
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3 landings, 1 commercial payload – SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy makes history – again
Derek RichardsonApril 11th, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — After a wait of more than a year, SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket has finally begun launching commercial payloads.SpaceX also managed to mark another (or was it three?) notch in its milestone list with today's flight.
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High winds ground Falcon Heavy
Derek RichardsonApril 10th, 2019Higher than acceptable upper level winds prompt mission managers at SpaceX to postpone the launch of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket.
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Video: SpaceX raises the Heavy
Jason RhianApril 10th, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Launch preparations continued for the second flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. Part of those efforts included raising the 730-foot-tall rocket into the vertical position.
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2nd Falcon Heavy launch rescheduled for Wednesday
Jason RhianApril 9th, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The second launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket, which had been slated to lift off today, has been rescheduled. The cause of this readjustment to the mission's time table is one all too familiar to launch service providers working on the Space Coast.
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UPDATE: SpaceX’s 2nd Falcon Heavy to launch Arabsat-6A
Patrick AttwellApril 8th, 2019SpaceX is poised to conduct the first commercial launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket with the Arabsat-6A mission as early as this week.
