Watch SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch NASA's Psyche asteroid mission today

SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket will send NASA's Psyche asteroid mission skyward today , weather permitting, and you can watch the action live.spacecraft today at 10:19 a.m. EDT from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. That assumes Mother Nature cooperates, which is certainly no guarantee on the stormy Space Coast; current forecasts predict just a 40% chance of weather good enough for launch.

You can watch the action live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA TV, beginning about 45 minutes before liftoff. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is seen at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Psyche mission on Oct. 11, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If all goes according to plan, Falcon Heavy's two side boosters will come back to Earth for a landing at, which is next door to KSC, about 8.25 minutes after liftoff.

The Falcon Heavy's central core booster is flying for the first and only time today. It will splash into the Atlantic Ocean when its launch work is done. The Heavy's upper stage, which sits atop the central booster, will finish carrying Psyche to space and deploy it there about 62.5 minutes after launch. Scientists think the space rock Psyche, which is about 173 miles wide, may be the exposed core of an ancient protoplanet — a type of object they've never seen up close before. Psyche will reach its space rock target in 2029, then study it from orbit for about two years thereafter.

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SpaceX rolls out Falcon Heavy rocket for Psyche asteroid mission launch (photos)Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018. Before becoming a science writer, Michael worked as a herpetologist and wildlife biologist. He has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Sydney, Australia, a bachelor's degree from the University of
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket poised to launch Psyche metal asteroid mission (photos)Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
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