The Falcon Heavy Lifted off! 猎鹰重型火箭一飞冲天！

Brady Kennistonhis’ Incredible Photographs of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Launch

埃隆马斯克，史上最具有创新精神的人物，把一个喵星人，一辆红色特斯拉，送进了外太空。

The rocket, launched on its maiden voyage on Feb. 6, 2018, was the most powerful booster in operation at that time. (The Saturn V, which launched the Apollo moon missions, was the most powerful ever.)

2018年2月6日，猎鹰重型火箭处女航发射成功。它成了世界上目前总冲量最高的火箭。在此之前，土星五号号称第一，当时它成功发射了阿波罗登月计划。

SpaceX was founded in 2002, backed by Elon Musk, who previously co-created and sold the companies Zip2 and PayPal. Musk first announced the Falcon Heavy in 2011. He also predicted the first Falcon Heavy flight would come in 2013. However, that date was pushed back several years during development.

埃隆马斯克，这个神奇的人物，卖掉了自己创办的新闻出版软件公司Zip2和全球在线支付巨头PayPal。又在2002年的时候创办了商业火箭公司SpaceX。2011年，他曾公开介绍过猎鹰重型火箭，并表明2013年将迎来重型猎鹰的首秀。没想到，这一天推迟了好几年。

There were two catastrophic failures in 2015 and 2016. Flights were suspended both times while the cause of the failures was investigated. Finally, it lifted off on the day of Feb. 6, 2018.

2015年和2016年猎鹰9号火箭接连发射失败，马斯克他们只有一边研究问题，一边改进，重型猎鹰的发射之日不得不被推后。终于，在2月6日这一天，马斯克实现了人类航天史上的大突破。

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Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor

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