SpaceX is one step closer to launching its next rocket – the Falcon Heavy.
The company performed a static-fire test Wednesday, a test-firing of the rocket’s 27 engines ahead of its maiden launch.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to launch the heavy-lift rocket in a week or so. The rocket will use three Falcon 9 boosters to lift heavy payloads into orbit. SpaceX plans to land all three boosters – two at Cape Canaveral and one at sea.
Because it’s a demonstration mission, SpaceX isn’t sending a working payload into orbit. Instead, Musk is launching his cherry-red electric car on a trajectory to Mars.
