The rocket's first stage often lands on a large spaceport droneship (a large floating landing pad on water) in the Atlantic Ocean about 8 minutes after launch. The protective fairings surrounding the payload during its ascent to space, will also be recovered from the Atlantic. This graphic shows the launch profile for a typical SpaceX Falcon 9 launch. The Falcon Heavy rocket consists of three Falcon 9 first stage boosters attached together, all three of which land back on Earth after launch. These launches are rarer than those of Falcon 9 rockets. SpaceX are also underway in construction of their Starship rocket, which will take humans to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Updates on tests of this new vehicle will also be posted here as they occur.