--- description: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket has finally launched. Watch its majestic climb into space in slow motion video. title: Watch the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch in Majestic Slow Motion image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4a5fd7ec9891a61/6988fad97cdbac56b1d5bd8e/tesla-starman-spacex-livestrea-video.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch in Majestic Slow Motion by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 7, 2018 12:03 AM CUT  The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on February 6, 2018 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket is the most powerful rocket in the world and is carrying a Tesla Roadster into orbit. The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on February 6, 2018 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket is the most powerful rocket in the world and is carrying a Tesla Roadster into orbit.Photo by Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 7, 2018 12:03 AM CUT SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket has finally launched. The rocket, which has been praised as the “most powerful operational rocket in the world” went into space Tuesday afternoon at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The rocket has 27 engines, where previous models only had nine. “Should it work, Falcon Heavy will be the most powerful rocket in the world by a factor of two and the highest payload launch vehicle to reach orbit after the Saturn V moon rocket,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Instagram on Monday. It was not only the rocket that launched into space; a red Tesla roadster, driven by a dummy wearing a SpaceX suit, was in the driver’s seat. TIME has obtained a video of the launch in slow motion. Watch it above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5136666/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-video-slow-motion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5136666/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-video-slow-motion/"},"headline":"Watch the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch in Majestic Slow Motion","datePublished":"2018-02-07T00:03:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:51:38.342Z","description":"It's now the largest rocket in operation in the world","url":"https://time.com/5136666/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-video-slow-motion/","keywords":["Tech","SpaceX","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4a5fd7ec9891a61/6988fad97cdbac56b1d5bd8e/tesla-starman-spacex-livestrea-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4a5fd7ec9891a61/6988fad97cdbac56b1d5bd8e/tesla-starman-spacex-livestrea-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SpaceX To Launch First Heavy Lift Rocket In Demonstration Mission","caption":"SpaceX To Launch First Heavy Lift Rocket In Demonstration Mission","creditText":"Photo by Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5136666/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-video-slow-motion/","name":"Watch the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch in Majestic Slow Motion"}}]}] ```