Falcon Heavy: SpaceX test-fires its largest rocket yet

Elon Musk plans to send the craft on its maiden voyage ‘in a week or so’

Falcon Heavy launch
Elon Musk unveils the Falcon Heavy in 2011
(Image credit: 2011 Getty Images)

SpaceX, the aerospace firm founded by Tesla chief Elon Musk, has finally test-fired the engines of its largest rocket yet, the Falcon Heavy.

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