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  2. Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster - Wikipedia

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    The car and rocket are products of Tesla and SpaceX, respectively, both companies headed by Elon Musk. [5] The 2010 Roadster is personally owned by and previously used by Musk for commuting to work. [2] It is the first production car launched into space.

  3. Falcon Heavy test flight - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Tesla Roadster (first generation) - Wikipedia

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    The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric sports car, that is based on the Lotus Elise chassis, and was produced by Tesla Motors (now Tesla, Inc.) from 2008 to 2012.The Roadster was the first highway legal, serial production, all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells, and the first production all-electric car to travel more than 244 miles (393 km) per charge. [7]

  5. Space object or sports car? How a Tesla Roadster was briefly ...

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    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 ...

  6. Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid ...

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    Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes difficult pursuit of tracking deep-space objects.

  7. History of the automobile - Wikipedia

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    Today, this is known as "the first Marcus car" but would be better described as a cart. His second car, built and run in 1875 according to some sources, was the first gasoline-driven car and is housed at the Vienna Technical Museum. [30] [31] However, the latest research shows that it was not built until 1888/89. [32]

  8. Cars in space - Wikipedia

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    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;

  9. The First Cars of Self-Made Millionaires — Is Your First Car ...

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    In fact, you might find your own first — or current — set of wheels in a list of the cars that self-made millionaires in all industries used to claim. Elon Musk – BMW 320i (E21)