Heron&Fox Photo<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpaceSaturdary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceSaturdary</span></a>: The first <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Falcon9" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Falcon9</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Heavy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Heavy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a> launched from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. Crowds gathered across the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpaceCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceCoast</span></a> to watch, including at Playalinda Beach.<br />In this <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photograph</span></a>, the rocket has risen above a hill, covered with eager viewers, while the three-cored rocket rising on three, firey exhaust plumes, and smoke billowing off to the left.<br />The views (and Fox, the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photographer</span></a>) had waited hours in the hot Sun to see this. The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>joy</span></a> in the crowd is <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/palpable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>palpable</span></a>. One person has thrown their arms in the air, celebrating the rocket’s victory.<br />This <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Falcon9Heavy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Falcon9Heavy</span></a> carried an electric vehicle mounted on its upper stage as a test payload.<br />There is a sea grape bush in the foreground on the left.<br /><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KennedySpaceCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KennedySpaceCenter</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KSC</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PlayalindaBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PlayalindaBeach</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CapeCanaveralAirForceStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CapeCanaveralAirForceStation</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CCAFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CCAFS</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SeaGrapeBush" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SeaGrapeBush</span></a><br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/first-falcon-9-heavy-rises-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/f</span><span class="invisible">irst-falcon-9-heavy-rises-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>