{"id":15377,"date":"2017-12-21T12:50:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T17:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15377"},"modified":"2017-12-21T12:50:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T17:50:44","slug":"big-falcon-heavy-and-stratolaunch-aircraft-on-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15377","title":{"rendered":"Big Falcon Heavy and Stratolaunch aircraft on display"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some big commercial launch hardware has been on display this week:<\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/943420026593337344\" target=\"_d\">Elon Musk on Twitter<\/a> posted photos of the first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/falcon-heavy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Falcon Heavy<\/a> launcher in preparation in the hangar for a launch from Kennedy Space Center in January\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15378\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=15378\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3BU8AASJRT1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"731,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Falcon Heavy in Hangar 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3BU8AASJRT1-624x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15378\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3BU8AASJRT1-624x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3BU8AASJRT1-624x1024.jpg 624w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3BU8AASJRT1-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3BU8AASJRT1.jpg 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15379\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=15379\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3DUEAAubA31.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,799\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Falcon Heavy first stage engines\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3DUEAAubA31-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15379\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3DUEAAubA31-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3DUEAAubA31-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3DUEAAubA31-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3DUEAAubA31-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DRezf3DUEAAubA31.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>** Last weekend the giant <a href=\"http:\/\/stratolaunch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stratolaunch<\/a> aircraft, which will be used to carry rockets to high altitudes for launch, took its first taxi drive down a runway at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mojaveairport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojave Air &amp; Space Port<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ei3fG7EIBLI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=echo&amp;banner=146870N94VDD8MAPHT02&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=1a66b7640a95795359e192e9c202c69f&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some big commercial launch hardware has been on display this week: ** Elon Musk on Twitter posted photos of the first Falcon Heavy launcher in preparation in the hangar for a launch from Kennedy Space Center in January\u00a0: &nbsp; ** Last weekend the giant Stratolaunch aircraft, which will be used to carry rockets to high &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15377\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big Falcon Heavy and Stratolaunch aircraft on display<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-micrograv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-401","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17550,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17550","url_meta":{"origin":15377,"position":0},"title":"Space access: Stratolaunch high-speed taxi test + ULA Delta 4 Heavy launch + SpaceX update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Stratolaunch is moving closer to getting the company's giant rocket-carrier aircraft off the ground: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xsee1sZv6SA The vehicle will eventually become an air launch platform for a === After several weeks of delays due to technical problems, United Launch Alliance has now set Saturday, Jan. 19th at\u00a011:05 a.m. PST for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/launch_family-1024x5771-1024x577.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18479,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18479","url_meta":{"origin":15377,"position":1},"title":"Space transport roundup &#8211; 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