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Falcon Heavy & Starman

SpaceX's recap of the Falcon Heavy debut launch, with side booster landings and a Tesla Roadster with Starman sent into orbit.

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HN references it for launch footage and the atmosphere of the first Falcon Heavy flight, including the center core landing failure.

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[VIDEO] is my favorite way to watch that launch, just because of the way it integrate the people watching. We haven't had the crowds since the Space Shuttle stopped watching, and DM-2, Crew-1, and Crew-2 all happened during the pandemic - so this shows the …
trothamel on Hacker News · 2021-07
In SpaceX will soon fire up its Super Heavy booster for the first time
This video showing kids’ reaction to the Falcon Heavy inaugural launch is pretty fun. The dual-landing is absolutely insane. Straight up science fiction. [VIDEO]
Robotbeat on Hacker News · 2022-12
In SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch

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