SpaceX Falcon Heavy set for 1st NASA launch to explore myste

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — SpaceX’s powerhouse Falcon Heavy rocket has flown commercial satellites, secret Department of Defense payloads and Elon Musk’s Tesla roadster into space. Now NASA is banking on the rocket for the first time, aiming to send a probe named Psyche to an asteroid with the same name this week. The rocket that has the power of three Falcon 9’s essentially strapped ...

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