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It is the first production car launched into space. The car, mounted on the rocket's second stage, was launched on an escape trajectory and entered an elliptical heliocentric orbit crossing the orbit of Mars. [6] The orbit reaches a maximum distance from the Sun at aphelion of 1.66 astronomical units (au). [4]
The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric sports car, that is based on the Lotus Elise chassis, and was produced by Tesla Motors (now Tesla, Inc.) from 2008 to 2012.The Roadster was the first highway legal, serial production, all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells, and the first production all-electric car to travel more than 244 miles (393 km) per charge. [7]
Car in space may refer to: Lunar Roving Vehicles launched and driven on the surface of the Moon: Apollo 15, in July 1971; Apollo 16, in April 1972; Apollo 17, in December 1972; Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, launched into outer space in February 2018
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The site, which is not affiliated with SpaceX, estimates the car is more than 2 million miles from Earth. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Tesla says the Roadster will accelerate to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds and to 100 mph in 4.2 seconds. It also says the triple-motor, all-wheel-drive car will complete a quarter-mile sprint in 8.8 ...
In December 2017, Musk tweeted that the dummy payload on the maiden Falcon Heavy launch would be his personal midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing David Bowie's "Life on Mars", and that it would be launched into an orbit around the Sun that will take it as far out as Mars' orbit. [16] [17] He released pictures in the following days. [18]
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