Falcon Heavy complete and vertical on the launch pad

The long awaited first flight of the Falcon Heavy nears, as evidenced by this photo from the spacefilghtnow.com site.  SpaceX has had to postpone the Falcon Heavy test flight many times is the past due to other priorities as well as technical difficulties.

This picture shows the Falcon Heavy as it was brought vertical on the historic Kennedy Space Center pad 39A for a short time on Thursday December 27, 2018.

SpaceX engineers conducted several tests leading to an anticipated test firing of all 27 of its engines.  This will be followed by a launch "sometime in January".  Expect some incredible video, regardless of what happens!

Here are some details for those of you that aren't familiar with this rocket.  From the article where this photo comes from.  And straight from SpaceX itself.


As for me, I've been waiting years for this.