Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the Sun. A …

4 days ago · What Happened: The Falcon Heavy launched for the first time on Feb. 6, 2018, carrying a dummy payload: Musk’s personal midnight cherry Tesla Roadster with a dummy …

The successful test introduced the Falcon Heavy as the most powerful rocket in operation at the time, [2] producing five million pounds-force (22 MN) of thrust and having more than twice the …

5 days ago · On Feb. 6, 2018, SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket with a special payload: a red 2008 Tesla Roadster owned by Elon Musk. Where is it today?

Feb 6, 2018 · Tesla Roadster is the dummy payload for SpaceX's maiden flight of the Falcon-Heavy rocket. Instead of a dummy mass, this flight contains Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster built …

Feb 6, 2023 · For this demonstration flight, the Falcon Heavy carried a Tesla Roadster as its only payload, permanently attached to the rocket’s second stage. A mannequin dubbed Starman …

Jan 22, 2025 · The car — which had been owned and driven by Musk — was a test payload for the Falcon Heavy’s first flight. At the time, it received a great deal of notoriety as the first …

Feb 6, 2023 · The Falcon Heavy's 27 first-stage Merlin engines generate a whopping 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, which allows the huge rocket to carry up to 70.3 tons (63.8 metric …

Feb 20, 2024 · For the first test flight of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on February 6, 2018, SpaceX — and Tesla — CEO Elon Musk decided to launch the “ silliest ” test payload …

Jan 29, 2025 · Less than 24 hours after the Minor Planet Center announced a new asteroid, it said the object was actually Musk's electric car launched into space as payload on a rocket.