Tesla Roadster close to Mars

SpaceX aerospace company reported about a space adventure of a Tesla Roadster electric, which set off for Mars on February 6, 2018.

It is known that the car is intact, the model has not gone away, and the music continues to sound.

February 6 at 11:45 pm at Cape Canaveral, Fr. Merritt, Florida, was launched electric Tesla Roadster, which was the ballast cargo for testing reusable rocket carrier Falcon Heavy. The car successfully flew into space, while the launch vehicle fell to the ground and crashed.

The car pilot is a Starman. He traveled these 9 months in a company with 2 songs by David Bowie - Space Oddity and Is their Life On Mars?.

SpaceX informs, that the other day Tesla Roadster successfully crossed to the Mars orbit.

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