SpaceX's Falcon Heavy takes to the skies

Around 3:45 pm ET, the world's most powerful rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Falcon Heavy side cores have landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2. pic.twitter.com/oMBqizqnpI

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 6, 2018

About two and a half minutes after launch, the two side boosters on the rocket detached and headed back to Earth.

Thousands of onlookers could be heard cheering through SpaceX's livestream.

The rocket is built by SpaceX, the game-changing company helmed by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

In the run up to launch, it wasn't at all clear whether the rocket would work.

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