Elon Musk Car In Space Live
This real time simulation shows the current location of elon musks tesla roadster with starman behind the wheel that was launched into space on february 6th 2018 on top of the spacex falcon heavy rocket.
Elon musk car in space live. Cars orbital elements are updated daily using nasajpl horizons system and are used to calculate roadsters current and future positions as well as upcoming close approaches to mars and earth. 3 days 17 hours 19 minutes and 33 seconds until the first mars close approach. Cameras mounted on the car live streamed the starmans journey for a few.
The car made it into space. On a side note elon musk told reporters that if you look closely on the dashboard theres a tiny roadster with. Last week spacex ceo elon musk launched his now famous red tesla roadster into space atop the first falcon heavy rocket.
Flying cars still might not be ready for prime time but today elon musk and spacex are putting. Starman a mannequin dressed in a spacesuit occupies the drivers seat. Two years in space will have taken its toll on the tesla and the spacesuit wearing mannequin named starman at the wheel.
The car is 131300556 miles 211307827 km 1413 au 1175 light minutes from the sun moving toward the star at a speed of 13353 mih 21489 kmh 597 kms. It is the first production car launched into. The car was designed for our planet and not for the harsh conditions of.
This tesla sure looks fake but thats because of the way colors appear in space. The car and rocket are products of tesla and spacex respectively both companies headed by elon musk. The car has exceeded its 36000 mile warranty 359386 times while driving around the sun 1293791254 miles 2082155836 km 1392 au moving at a speed of 54062 mih 87004 kmh 2417 kms.
With the launch of the falcon heavy rocket spacex ceo and founder elon musk decided to also launch a red tesla roadster into space manned by a dummy he deemed starman starmans 15. See a live stream of the roadster on its journey.