A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from historic launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., on February 6, 2018. The Falcon Heavy rose from the same launch pad used by NASA nearly 50 years ago to send men to the moon. The Falcon Heavy is a combination of three Falcon 9s, the rocket that the company uses to ship supplies to the International Space Station and lift satellites. In six months, a car in MarsSpaceX founder Elon Musk during a press conference following the first launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Its sticker price is $90 million, less than one-10th the estimated cost of NASA’s Space Launch System megarocket in development for moon and Mars expeditions.

Source: The Hindu February 07, 2018 01:18 UTC