Elon Musk Car In Space

An electric car that spacex founder elon musk rocketed into space more than two years ago just flew past mars for the first time.

Elon musk car in space. It s been two years since elon musk sent his tesla roadster into space on a falcon heavy rocket from spacex. The 2008 model roadster is personally owned by and previously used by musk for commuting to work. In february 2018 spacex launched its reusable heavy lift launch.

Starman a mannequin dressed in a spacesuit occupies the driver s seat. 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. Track elon musk s tesla roadster in space.

About 57827417 km from earth and roughly 8406425 km from mars. 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. 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. It contained a very special payload a tesla roadster with starman. Two years in space will have taken its toll on the tesla.

In february of 2018 elon musk launched his 100 000 tesla roadster into space on the spacex falcon heavy rocket. It is the first production car launched into. The roadster is still cruising around our solar system on an elliptical path around.

This interactive simulation displays tesla s location in space in real time using the latest data from jpl horizon system. Starman driving spacex ceo elon musk s tesla roadster. Mercury venus earth mars roadster ceres solar system mercury venus earth mars roadster.