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Space x. has launched the worlds most powerful rocket the falcon heavy reward off the launch pad on floridas cape canaveral well its the latest milestone for billionaire entrepreneur ilan musk and his aerospace company and to mark the occasion musk in short the rocket contains some very special cargo. so i he said it was either going to be a great rocket launch or the best fireworks display ever be thankfully for each long months it was the former not least because the rocket was carrying one of...

Prisms of a preferred to delay that address himself but we know the reports with their parliament table the mission to. the state of the nation address christine thank you so much for that christine. space x. has launched the worlds most powerful rocket to the falcon heavy roared off the launch pad on floridas cape canaveral is the latest milestone for billionaire entrepreneur and his aerospace company to mark the occasion most can sure that the rocket contains some very special cargo. three so ...

Side booster one, side booster two has landed. >> reusable booster rockets. see them both standing there. both of these have flown in previous launches and if todays perfect landing is anything to go by, they will fly again in future launches as well. so its just incredible. this was cape canaveral, this was the space coast in florida, this actually was the exact same launch pad used to send men to the moon 50 years ago. now its being used to send a billionaire tech gurus personal red convertibl...

Welcome back. all eyes were on cape canaveral, florida yesterday as the biggest rocket to fly since the apollo moon missions lifted flawlessly off the pad. >> it pushed the boundaries of technology and may have created new opportunities for space travel. tom costello has more. >> 10, 9, 8 -- >> reporter: under a perfect florida blue sky, yet another of billionaires elon musks dreams roared to life. >> ignition. liftoff. >> reporter: the spacex falcon heavy rocket with 27 engines thundering off o...

Is projecting for the cost. that is a game changer. we used to say with the shuttle, that it was about $10,000 a pound for any pound of anything you put on the shuttle. elon musk is claiming before $1,000 a pound. so were talking about an order of magnitude here and that changes everything when you talk about space exploration. so you have to ask yourself who will get to mars first, nasa or elon musk. right now the smart money would be the guy who puts teslas in space. >> apparently so. mize, th...

>> reporter: can you guys turn the camera over to see it? >> no. theres a building. >> oh, theres a building. no worries. >> reporter: seeing this, these incredible landings. unfortunately, i cant see them myself. but to describe the feeling of this launch here at kennedy space center. this historic launch. this is one for the books, brooke. it was really truly incredible. yesterday i spoke with elon musk. he was running through all the things that could possibly go wrong here. he said he would ...

Historic ride. 100,000 spectators are expected all up and down the space coast watching this launch. the biggest crowd since 2011s last space shuttle flight. and elan musk spoke to ugs saying he was as confident as he could be. >> the weathers looking good. guaranteed to be exciting. one big boom. id say tune in. its gonna be worth your time. >> reporter: and never before have three rockets all blasted off from the launch pad and then returned to earth, landed. thats the plan here. about ten min...

That these engines could impact another booster around cause an epic explosion on the launch pad, which would have been devastating setting back launches six to nine months. so far everything is golden on todays demonstration. >> shepard: fantastic. well be back in a few minutes. i want to talk you to the dow, to the corner of wall and broad. the man as neil cavuto would say. was there volatility? absolutely. was the fox business network exactly right when it said it would be all over the place?...

>> neil: all right. you saw this. it was impressive. the biggest rocket the world has ever seen since the saturn 5 that was a booster rocket for apollo. that was 50 years ago from the same launch pad. a lot of those apollos lifted off. this was the big elon musk undertaking where everything went according to plan. were waiting a presser from the launch and the landing. the boosters that successfully landed on a ship positioned not far offshore there. an amazing undertaking here. well be hearing ...

Were about four minutes away from the two outer rocket boosters -- theyre falling down now. at some point well see the glow of their engines as they reverse thrust and land over at the landing zone. the center core will continue out towards the atlantic to try to land on the drone ship. never before in the history of space travel have three rockets blasted off from a launch pad delivering the pay load, what appears to be flawlessly and landing all three rockets back on land to then be recycled a...