Falcon Heavy

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket rolls out for first launch of 2023

SpaceX has assembled Falcon Heavy and rolled the rocket out to the launch pad for its first mission of 2023.…

SpaceX gears up for busy year of Falcon Heavy launches

SpaceX is targeting no earlier than January 12th for the fifth launch of Falcon Heavy, the largest and most powerful…

SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy rocket on track for early 2023 launch

Two weeks after SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy launch in three and a half years, the US Space Force says that…

SpaceX ships 200th Falcon second stage, highlighting the flip-side of booster reuse

SpaceX has built and shipped its 200th Falcon second stage, highlighting the often underappreciated rocket's record of achievement on the…

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket back in action after a three-year hiatus

Update: The US Space Systems Command says that SpaceX's first direct launch to geosynchronous orbit was a "simply outstanding" success,…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket rolls to pad for Tuesday launch, dual booster landing

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket has rolled out to Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A for its first launch (and dual…

SpaceX still an option for future Amazon internet satellite launches, says Senior VP

An Amazon executive says that the company could still call on SpaceX to launch some of its Project Kuiper internet…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket passes static fire test three years in the making

After knocking out some figurative cobwebs, SpaceX has test-fired a Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time since June 2019.…

SpaceX assembles Falcon Heavy rocket for first launch in 40 months

SpaceX has assembled the fourth Falcon Heavy for the rocket's first launch in 40 months. A photo shared by SpaceX…

SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy launch in three years eyes late-October liftoff

For the second time in 2022, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket has a firm launch date for the first time in…

SpaceX executive forecasts 6 Falcon Heavy launches in 12 months

A SpaceX sales executive predicts that the company will launch Falcon Heavy, currently the most powerful operational rocket in the…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket could still launch first military mission in 2022

In a statement issued to Bloomberg, the US Space Force says that SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket could still conduct its…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to launch NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

NASA has chosen SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket to launch its next major space telescope, a wide-field observatory that should directly…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket’s NASA Psyche launch delayed to 2023

NASA says that its mission to the asteroid 16 Psyche will no longer be able to launch in 2022 after…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to launch record-breaking communications satellite

A report on the latest in a long line of SpaceX launches significantly delayed by customer payload readiness has been…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy payload arrives in Florida for the first time in years

For the first time in almost three years, a spacecraft meant to launch on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket has arrived…

SpaceX-launched Uranus mission a top priority of new decadal survey

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have published their latest decadal survey of planetary science and astrobiology, revealing…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster spotted at Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX has been spotted transporting a Falcon Heavy booster through NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) facilities, offering a slight glimpse…

SpaceX rapidly reuses converted Falcon Heavy booster

SpaceX has reflown a converted Falcon Heavy side booster just 37 days after its first mission as a Falcon 9…

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy likely to launch NASA telescope after ULA skips competition

On the heels of what will likely be NASA's most significant telescope launch for at least a decade, the space…