Tesla Sports Car In Space. The whimsical payload selected for the experimental flight was Musk's old cherry-red Tesla sports car. The Tesla car that Elon Musk launched into space is likely to stay there for tens of millions of years before crashing into the Earth or Venus.
There is now a Tesla Roadster in space. The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carried a red Tesla Roadster into space, and Elon Musk says it overshot its planned orbit. On its new trajectory, the world's first car-turned-spacecraft will take a months-long cruise through deep space before taking its chances in the circumstellar asteroid belt.
SpaceX mission originally planned to end in Mars-like orbit.
It will be the first time that Nasa astronauts have taken a car to.
When someone asked the businessman Final confirmation came from a sneaky photo taken by a tourist at the Kennedy Space Centre a few days ago. In those two years, the Tesla has gone The all-electric sports car is currently on its second orbit around the sun and researchers have previously calculated that it will come within a couple. With Mr Musk as CEO, the company set out a top-down plan.