Discover now the firepower of this fully operational Falcon 9 rocket

The Falcon 9 rocket has undergone four major overhauls over the last eight years, culminating with the Block 5 rocket. The unrecoverable initial version of the rocket (v1.0) could lift approximately 10.5 tonnes in low Earth orbit . It was a beautiful, well-ordered rocket but barely a superstar.

However, one of the defining features of SpaceX is the ruthless dedication of the company towards innovation. And it 's perhaps reasonable to criticize the company to go too far too fast and not focus enough on the here and now – when the culture of the company is over. innovation works, it works . years ago, SpaceX jumped from the first version of its rocket to the Block 5 rocket. This powerful rocket can lift nearly 23 tons in low Earth orbit, after undergoing hundreds of changes and improvements since its initial flight. Theoretically, its first leg will be capable of 10 flights before requiring extensive refurbishment. He is so capable that even the founder of the company, Elon Musk (the high culture minister of innovation at SpaceX) says that it's pretty good. This is probably the last major revision of the Falcon 9.

On the second flight of the Block 5 variant of the Falcon 9 rocket, the talented photographer Trevor Mahlmann was on hand in Florida for the night launch. Some of the images that he captured Merlin 1D engines from rocket to launch are the most impressive we've ever seen, just like the photos of the rocket becoming supersonic. We are impressed by the photographs and the rocket itself.