Video: Behind the Scenes With Elon Musk During Falcon Heavy Launch

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]National Geographic had its cameras pointed at SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during the Falcon Heavy launch, showing his delight as the rocket roared into the sky.

“Holy flying f—,” Musk says in the video, filmed for the TV show “Mars.” “That thing took off.”

The video shows Musk counting down the launch from flight control, anxiously observing liftoff, then running outside to join a crowd watching Falcon Heavy soar.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL4dnvBytLA” video_title=”1″][vc_column_text]SpaceX launched Falcon Heavy last week from Launch Pad 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The successful test flight carried Musk’s Tesla Roadster into space and completed two of three first-stage booster landings.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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