Get ready for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy.

This launch vehicle is currently being prepared for testing and launch at Kennedy Space Center – it will be the most powerful launch device since the Saturn V rockets which sent astronauts to the moon in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.

The Falcon Heavy is designed to send humans to the moon, Mars and beyond. The first test flight, planned for late January or February 2018, will use the Telsa Roadster of Elon Musk (the founder of SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla) as its dummy payload.

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