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World's Most Powerful Rocket Launched On Path That Will Take It Near Mars
World © 2018 The Washington PostChristian Davenport, Aaron Gregg, The Washington Post
Lifting off from the same launchpad that sent the crew of Apollo 11 to the moon, the rocket sent up a mountain-sized plume of smoke and a rattling roar across Florida's Space Coast, where thousands gathered to watch.
Updated : February 07, 2018 07:27 IST
World's Most Powerful Rocket Launched On Path That Will Take It Near Mars
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.
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SpaceX successfully launches world's most powerful rocket on Tuesday
The rocket, Falcon Heavy, has the force of eighteen 747 jetliners
SpaceX founder Elon Musk: Most exciting thing I've ever seen, literally
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.: SpaceX successfully launched what is now the world's most powerful rocket Tuesday, a towering behemoth known as the Falcon Heavy that tore through the sky with the thundering force of 18 747 jetliners.
Lifting off from the same launchpad that sent the crew of Apollo 11 to the moon, the rocket sent up a mountain-sized plume of smoke and a rattling roar across Florida's Space Coast, where thousands gathered to watch. The mission represented the first test of the massive rocket, powered by 27 engines in three boosters that are essentially strapped together.