SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Tuesday. Photo: APSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. successfully launched the Falcon Heavy rocket Tuesday on its initial test flight, marking another coup for founder Elon Musk. The blastoff from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center was closely followed by the global aerospace industry, and it capped multiple design changes, years of delays and a roughly $1 billion investment by SpaceX, as the company is commonly called.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 06, 2018 20:55 UTC