Latest Falcon Heavy News
Falcon Heavy flies NROL-97, its First NRO Heavy Mission
Falcon Heavy lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at 11:54 p.m. EDT on Oct. 1 with classified NROL-97, the National…
Why SpaceX Doesn’t Like Launching Falcon Heavy
Eric Romo, via a @sourceryy clip, frames Falcon Heavy scarcity as three-core cost, longer pad time than Falcon 9, and…
How Merlin Powers Falcon 9
Falcon 9 flies nine Merlin 1D engines on the first stage and a vacuum Merlin on the second, combining high…
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launched NASA’s Roman Telescope
Falcon Heavy launched NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday from Kennedy’s LC-39A. The observatory separated…
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Wind Down Falcon for Starship
Elon Musk said SpaceX will wind down Falcon once Starship is flying several times a week, a sunset that is…
What is Falcon Heavy?
Falcon Heavy is SpaceX’s heavy-lift rocket, three Falcon 9 cores that fly payloads too massive or energetic for a single…
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