Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster has flown by Mars after 37million mile journey
SpaceX tweeted: "Starman, last seen leaving Earth, made its first close approach with Mars today — within 0.05 astronomical units, or under 5 million miles, of the Red Planet."Elon Musk wanted to send his own personal car into space.
The Where is Roadster? website revealed: "If the battery was still working, Starman has listened to Space Oddity 264,803 times since he launched in one ear, and to Is there Life On Mars? 356,811 times in his other ear."That means another Mars flypast should happen again someday and Where is Roadster? will continue to track the progress.who still has part ownership of the company with 54 per cent equity and 78 per cent voting control.
In 2008 it launched the first privately-funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit and later became the first private company to launch an object into orbit around the sun. The company has grown dramatically over its lifespan, from 160 employees in November 2005 to around 7,000 as of November 2019.
As of March 2018, SpaceX had over 100 launches on its manifest representing about $12billion in contract revenue.DEAD RARERussia successfully tests terrifying 6,000mph nuke 'too fast to block'EYES TO THE SKIESIn other news, four Nasa astronauts will board aThe US Space Force will one day send humans into space and could set up its ownDo you track Starman's movements? Let us know in the comments...
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