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01-25-2018, 09:53 AM
Elon Musk says SpaceX will launch the Falcon Heavy 'in a week or so'
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SpaceX is about to light a very big candle.
SpaceX is planning to launch the first flight of its big new Falcon Heavy rocket "in a week or so," according to a tweet sent out by Elon Musk on Wednesday.*
The announcement came just about an hour after the Musk-founded company fired up the Falcon Heavy's 27 engines for a test in which the rocket was held down on its pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.*
SEE ALSO: The government shutdown is screwing over SpaceX (http://mashable.com/2018/01/22/spacex-falcon-heavy-delay-government-shutdown/)
Apparently, things went well with the test firing.*
"Falcon Heavy hold-down firing this morning was good," Musk said in the tweet. "Generated quite a thunderhead of steam." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/24/spacex-elon-musk-falcon-heavy-launch-date/)
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SpaceX is about to light a very big candle.
SpaceX is planning to launch the first flight of its big new Falcon Heavy rocket "in a week or so," according to a tweet sent out by Elon Musk on Wednesday.*
The announcement came just about an hour after the Musk-founded company fired up the Falcon Heavy's 27 engines for a test in which the rocket was held down on its pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.*
SEE ALSO: The government shutdown is screwing over SpaceX (http://mashable.com/2018/01/22/spacex-falcon-heavy-delay-government-shutdown/)
Apparently, things went well with the test firing.*
"Falcon Heavy hold-down firing this morning was good," Musk said in the tweet. "Generated quite a thunderhead of steam." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/24/spacex-elon-musk-falcon-heavy-launch-date/)
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