SpaceX is ready for the first test launch of its 27-engine Falcon Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket, which is the most powerful in the world, is designed to one day ferrying humans to the moon or Mars.
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"Starman in Red Roadster." An Instagram image from Elon Musk showing a mannequin, in a spacesuit in his Tesla Roadster, that will be launched aboard the Falcon Heavy. Image from Elon Musk's Instagram feed. #
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Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center has undergone modifications by SpaceX to adapt to the needs of the company's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. A horizontal integration facility has been constructed for processing rockets prior to rolling out for liftoff. In 2014, NASA signed a property agreement with SpaceX for the use and operation of the historic pad used during the Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs. #
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Photographers set up cameras that will fire remotely to record the launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on February 5, 2018. #
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Starman, oriented towards the dashboard of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, looking away from the Earth, with a reminder on the dashboard display, just after the payload fairing opened, seen in this image from SpaceX video. #
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