SpaceX successfully launch Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket in use today

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from historic launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

SpaceX's new rocket the Falcon Heavy has blasted off on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car on an endless road trip past Mars.

The rocket rose from the same Florida launch pad used by Nasa nearly 50 years ago to send men to the moon.