View Tesla Roadster In Space Orbit Background. About 51680832 km from earth and roughly 29159395 km from mars. The roadster is currently on an elliptical path around the sun, taking it past venus and mercury too.
Spacex ceo elon musk has said the craft could continue orbiting for millions or billions of years, which suggests the mannequin has a long journey ahead. This still image taken from a spacex livestream video shows starman sitting in spacex ceo elon musk's cherry red tesla roadster after the falcon heavy rocket delivered it into. Starman sits in a tesla roadster after it was carried into space by a spacex falcon heavy rocket on feb.
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.
Elon musk's tesla roadster and its dummy driver, starman, leave earth behind shortly after launching atop spacex's falcon heavy rocket on feb. Currently, its looping path will take it past mars and into the asteroid belt—but millions of years from now, the car may collide with earth, venus, or the sun itself. There is a car currently doing an orbit in space. The roadster is currently on an elliptical path around the sun, taking it past venus and mercury too.