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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]
This launcher demonstration made the Roadster the first consumer car sent into space. [31] Three Lunar Roving Vehicles were sent to space on the Apollo 15 , 16 , and 17 missions in the 1970s, and these vehicles were left on the Moon. [ 32 ]
The 2008 Tesla Roadster hitched a ride Feb. 6, 2018 on a Falcon Heavy launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the historic launch pad 39A – the site of the space agency's Apollo moon ...
“The designation 2018 CN41, announced in MPEC 2025-A38 on Jan 2, 2025 UT, is being deleted,” the MPC said in an editorial notice. “It was pointed out the orbit matches an artificial object ...
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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