Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the world’s most powerful rocket Falcon Heavy, on Tuesday from the same launch pad used by NASA nearly 50 years ago to send men to the moon. The rocket is the first step in Musk’s ambitious dream to send humans to Mars and create a colony on the planet. The SpaceX and Tesla boss has long spoken of the need for humans to move beyond planet Earth, which he says will be necessary for survival.
The Falcon Heavy rocket made its successful launch at 3:45 pm Eastern time (2:15 a.m. IST on Wednesday) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and SpaceX offered a live coverage of the whole process. As the rocket took off for outer space, Falcon Heavy’s three boosters attached to the engine attempted to land at three different sites back on Earth. While two of the recycled boosters had a successful landing, the third booster has crashed into the Atlantic. Elon Musk tweeted pictures of the two side boosters landing successfully.
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