The Falcon Heavy can generate more than five million pounds of thrust at liftoff – Photo by Egypt TodayCAIRO – 7 February 2018: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, doing business as SpaceX, has successfully launched its new Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time. - Launching of the Falcon Heavy TechcrunchJust before the launching, the company revealed via live streaming that inside the rather unique cargo of a Tesla Roadster. NASA has congratulated SpaceX via Twitter; “All of us in this business know the effort it takes to get to a first flight,” the agency said. The aforementioned numbers are of significance as SpaceX is planning Falcon Heavy as a key linchpin in its Mars plan, setting the stage for a system that can ferry goods and people between Earth and the red planet. The Falcon Heavy, now officially the most powerful in the world, can generate more than five million pounds of thrust at liftoff, and carry 141,000 pounds of cargo to low Earth orbit.

Source: Egypt Today February 06, 2018 22:41 UTC