Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2014
SpaceX, one of the leading commercial space-flight companies has leased the launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center from NASA, which has historic value as the spot from where Apollo 11 launched to the first manned lunar landing.
SpaceX is planning on using the pad as a commercial launch facility, and would be the place where SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket would be launched in the future. Falcon heavy, when finished will be the most powerful rocket in the world, and the first test launch is planned for early next year, about four years after the last NASA mission launched from there in 2011.
SpaceX is planning on using the pad as a commercial launch facility, and would be the place where SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket would be launched in the future. Falcon heavy, when finished will be the most powerful rocket in the world, and the first test launch is planned for early next year, about four years after the last NASA mission launched from there in 2011.