Falcon Heavy
Success
Feb 6, 2018Falcon Heavy — Demo Flight (Starman)
The maiden Falcon Heavy — then the most powerful operational rocket — flew a Tesla Roadster toward Mars’s orbit and landed its two side boosters in synchrony.
Mission facts
| Date | Feb 6, 2018 |
| Vehicle | Falcon Heavy |
| Payload | Starman in a Tesla Roadster |
| Destination | Heliocentric orbit |
| Customer | SpaceX |
| Booster | 3 cores; both side cores landed (RTLS) |
| Recovery | RTLS |
| Crewed | No |
| Outcome | Success |
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@misc{elonfacts-missions-falcon-heavy-demo, title={Falcon Heavy — Demo Flight (Starman)}, author={{ElonFacts.org}}, year={2026}, url={https://elonfacts.org/missions/falcon-heavy-demo}}
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