The Falcon Heavy test flight (also known as Falcon Heavy demonstration mission) was the first attempt by SpaceX to launch a Falcon Heavy rocket on February 6, 2018 at 20:45 UTC. The successful test introduced the Falcon Heavy as the most powerful rocket in operation, producing five million pounds-force (22 MN) of thrust and having more than twice the lift capacity of United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy. The dummy payload for this test flight was a sports car, Tesla Roadster, owned by Elon Musk. Sitting in the driver's seat of the Roadster is "Starman", a dummy astronaut clad in a SpaceX spacesuit. It was launched with sufficient velocity to escape the Earth and enter an elliptic orbit around the Sun that crosses the orbit of Mars, reaching an aphelion (maximum distance from the Sun) of 1.66 AU. During the early portion of its voyage it functioned as a broadcast device, sending video back to Earth for four hours. The Roadster remains attached to the second stage. Both boosters successfully landed almost simultaneously on the ground at Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Source: Wikipedia
- Footage credits - SpaceX:
• Falcon Heavy Test Flight
• Falcon Heavy & Starman
• Falcon Heavy | Flight Animation
• Live Views of Starman National Geographic:
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• SpaceX Makes History | MARS
- Music credits - Epic Soul Factory Cesc Vilà & Fran Soto "Made of Stardust" from album Sigma https://epicsoulfactory.com/track/made-of-stardust https://open.spotify.com/album/01oTdTA3L4wV9qv36M8cdB?highlight=spotify%3Atrack%3A2L51wj0kuE9p2ODMbHqdNx
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