Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. During landing of a Falcon Heavy launch on Nov. 1, 2022, one of the booster cameras caught a view of the second booster coming down safely on the launch pad (at top right). (Image credit: SpaceX) Eight minutes after launch, the two Falcon Heavy side boosters performed simultaneous landing burns. The duo landed successfully about 30 seconds later, at SpaceX's Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, which is next door to KSC. "And there you have it! As indicated by the enormous cheers, we have successfully landed both Falcon Heavy side boosters at Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2. What an incredible sight. With these two side boosters, this marks the 150th and 151st overall successful landings of an orbital-class rocket," Kate Tice, SpaceX quality systems engineering manager, announced during the live launch broadcast. A split-screen view of the successful landing of the two boosters that supported a Falcon Heavy launch on Nov. 1, 2022. (Image credit: SpaceX) Because of the classified nature of the USSF-44 payloads, the exact number and duration of second-stage engine burns required to get them to their orbital destination is unknown. However, SpaceX's previous Falcon Heavy missions shed some light on what may have been required. Falcon Heavy's February 2018 debut famously launched SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's cherry-red Tesla Roadster into interplanetary space with a mannequin named Starman strapped into the driver seat, wearing the same type of SpaceX flight suit worn by Crew Dragon astronauts. Falcon Heavy flew again in April 2019, when it launched the big Arabsat-6A satellite, and then again in June 2019 for a mission called STP-2. The two side boosters of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket came back to Earth for successful touchdowns at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station about 8.5 minutes after liftoff on Nov. 1, 2022. (Image credit: SpaceX via Twitter) Related stories: