Elon Musk Car In Space

It is the first production car launched into.

Elon musk car in space. In february of 2018 elon musk launched his 100 000 tesla roadster into space on the spacex falcon heavy rocket. Starman a mannequin dressed in a spacesuit occupies the driver s seat. In those two years the tesla has gone on quite a journey. Two years in space will have taken its toll on the tesla.

The roadster is still cruising around our solar system on an elliptical path around. On february 6 2018 at 2045 utc the first falcon heavy was launched into space. This interactive simulation displays tesla s location in space in real time using the latest data from jpl horizon system. It s been two years since elon musk sent his tesla roadster into space on a falcon heavy rocket from spacex.

Elon musk s tesla roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the february 2018 falcon heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the sun. It contained a very special payload a tesla roadster with starman. According to pearson s data the car has traveled over 1 billion miles 1 6 billion km and is well into its second orbit around the sun. The roadster driven by a mannequin dubbed.

Starman driving spacex ceo elon musk s tesla roadster. Track elon musk s tesla roadster in space. The 2008 model roadster is personally owned by and previously used by musk for commuting to work. About 57827417 km from earth and roughly 8406425 km from mars.

In february 2018 spacex launched its reusable heavy lift launch. Mercury venus earth mars roadster ceres solar system mercury venus earth mars roadster. Cnn spacex ceo elon musk s tesla roadster made its first close approach to mars on wednesday. The car and rocket are products of tesla and spacex respectively both companies headed by elon musk.

Its stereo was programmed to play david bowie s space oddity on repeat as it travels for millions of years through space.