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In 2018 launched Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster into space heading for Mars. It was used as a dummy payload on the test flight of SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Reaching space it became an artificial satellite of the Sun, called Starman after the mannequin in the driver’s seat.
Now Starman has reached the Red Planet.
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 pic.twitter.com/gV8barFTm7
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 7, 2020
The car is an original 2008 Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk used for commuting for work.
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