The world’s most powerful operating rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Tuesday. The Falcon Heavy was carrying an assortment of cargo to orbit, including a solar sail, an atomic clock and the ashes of 152 people. Control room: “Three, two, one, zero — ignition.” Announcer: “Two plus 25 seconds into flight under the thrust of over five million pounds, Falcon Heavy is headed to space. We’re getting ready to throttle down — over the cheering in the background. It’s going on midnight with a lot of people here at SpaceX. Side boosters have separated, they’re getting ready for their burn back to Cape Canaveral. You can see on the left and right views the side boosters have ignited. The center core continues under full power. Everything looking good. We have shutdown on the center car —” Control room: “Stage separation confirmed.” [cheering] Announcer: “We have successful separation and ignition. We’re coming up on shutdown of the two side boosters. And we’ve heard the callout: side booster, boost back, shutdown. The center core, you can see, is not doing a boost back. It’s headed downrange to the drone ship. Here comes fairing separation. We have confirmation of the payload fairing separation.” Watch SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Launch By Nasa Tv Via Reuters • June 25, 2019 The world’s most powerful operating rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Tuesday. The Falcon Heavy was carrying an assortment of cargo to orbit, including a solar sail, an atomic clock and the ashes of 152 people. Science