SpaceX fires engines on big new rocket in launch pad test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) " SpaceX fired up its newest, biggest rocket in a critical launch pad test Wednesday, advancing toward a long-anticipated test flight possibly in just a week.The Falcon Heavy briefly roared to life for the first time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. All three boosters " 27 engines in all " were tested. The thunderous booms could be heard at the press site three miles away, as huge white clouds of engine exhaust billowed into a clear blue sky. Everything [...]


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