Video Collection: Falcon Heavy Launch & Simultaneous Booster Return from around Cape Canaveral
SpaceX achieved a momentous feat on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 when successfully launching the company’s Falcon Heavy rocket on a high-stakes shakedown mission – successfully boosting into orbit and later off into Deep Space a midnight-cherry Tesla Roadster as a novelty-payload chosen for this flight by SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk.
The mission also carried out a science-fiction-like return of the two outer Falcon Cores in a display of sub-orbital acrobatics – firing their engines simultaneously for a rocket-powered U-turn back toward Cape Canaveral leading up to a near-simultaneous touchdown of the two boosters after an eight-minute round trip to the edge of space. This also made for some spectacular viewing for those present at Cape Canaveral – first the Earth-shaking rumble of the 27-engine Falcon Heavy followed only minutes later by the display of the twin boosters descending under engine power and sending a pair of dual sonic booms over the Cape.
Videos may contain strong language!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_kfM-BmVzQ
#FalconHeavy boosters coming back to Earth pic.twitter.com/S964XQBCCL
— Chase (@ChasxKxnnxdy) February 7, 2018
Live footage of the #FalconHeavy landing from a friend at SpaceX pic.twitter.com/7OG10zAVaQ
— abdul 🌌📷 (@Advil) February 6, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5iKXnOIW90
TRULY AWESOME. Congrats @SpaceX #FalconHeavy pic.twitter.com/xQbFezSmIu
— Ian Oliver (@IanOliverWX) February 6, 2018
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https://twitter.com/PapaCaqu/status/961058040765210627
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Maybe one luckiest views to watch the launch from. #FalconHeavy pic.twitter.com/g12TN7csed
— Amanda (@amanduhhh6) February 6, 2018