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At National Geographic, Michael Greshko describes what it was like to see two of the Falcon Heavy’s boosters land safely back on the ground: “In a short eight minutes, Falcon Heavy’s side boosters separated from the main stack, pirouetted in mid-air, and returned to land, as if the launch were being rewound.”.

Loren Grush at The Verge explains what this moment means for SpaceX and the private spaceflight industry.

The Falcon Heavy launched from the very same pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, that launched humans to the moon.īut what will people most likely remember from today? SpaceX’s Starman looking down at Earth from his gleaming red sports car. We got a rare great look at Tesla’s next-generation Roadster yesterday thanks to Casey Spencer and Tesla bringing the prototype to. Falcon Heavy side cores have landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2.

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