Elon Musk Launches TESLA Car Into Space – Watch The Unbelievable Footage
Feb. 7 2018, Published 1:09 p.m. ET
It's 2018 and Elon Musk has launched his TESLA car into space! The tech mogul's Roadster vehicle – now named Starman – launched on top of SpaceX's Falcon heavy earlier this Tuesday February 6.
While the car was supposed to be put on a path to "drive" around the Sun to the distance of Mars' orbit, it was overshot! It is now further out in the Solar System than originally planned, and is now travelling in an orbit that extends out into the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Elon Musk, 46, is tweeting about the exciting event as it is being streamed on live video!
"Live view of Starman" he wrote after the launch.
Watch the stream here.
"Third burn successful. Exceeded Mars orbit and kept going to the Asteroid Belt," Musk added.
"View from SpaceX Launch Control. Apparently, there is a car in orbit around Earth," boasted the billionaire.
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