Falcon Heavy, then and now.
In 2018, Elon Musk stood beside it before its historic first flight, which sent a Tesla Roadster into space.
Eight years later, a new Falcon Heavy is now preparing to launch NASA’s Roman Space Telescope and help uncover the mysteries of our universe.
NEWS: SpaceX confirms that future Starlink launches from Florida will fly on Starship.
Today’s mission was the final planned Falcon 9 Starlink launch from the state, closing an incredible chapter after roughly 260 missions from the Cape.
Falcon 9 will continue launching Starlink from California.
SpaceX has announced two mega-projects representing at least $116.8 billion in combined investment, all within less than three weeks:
• Terafab in Texas, the world’s largest chip manufacturing facility.
• Starbase, Louisiana, the world’s largest spaceport.
Together, they are expected to create more than 14,000 direct and indirect jobs. One will produce AI chips for use on Earth and in space. The other will support thousands of Starship launches annually.
This is what building the future looks like.
SpaceX, in partnership with Nvidia, has designed a space-optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 system for launch to orbit in Q4 next year, with significant scale in 2028