Sourced from those very much in the know, Chris Gerbhardt of NASASpaceflight.com has broken news of the first real date for the inaugural launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. The unprecedented commercial launch vehicle is now scheduled to loft its Tesla Roadster payload on an Earth-escape...
The billionaire says he's going to launch his own Tesla Roadster on the first test flight of SpaceX's new giant rocket next month, and the car will play David Bowie's "Space Oddity" full blast on the way to Mars (if the rocket doesn't explode during liftoff). In a pair of ...
With a crescent Earth in the rearview mirror, a Tesla Roadster and a space-suited mannequin known as "Starman" head for deep space after an upper stage rocket firing late Tuesday boosted the sports car into an orbit around the sun.SpaceX Meanwhile, Musk released a spectacular final photo ea...
Watch live as 'Starman' drives Elon Musk's Tesla in space How SpaceX's Falcon Heavy delivers a real blast from the past Beyond floating catcher's mitts and its first manned flights, Musk said SpaceX is also moving ahead on its Mars ship, also known as "BFR." He said testing of BFR...
Musk is sending a Tesla car into deep space For the demonstration flight Falcon Heavy will not carry a commercial payload or even the large block of concrete typical of these test flights. Instead, Musk decided to put his cherry red Tesla Roadster on top of the rocket. Musk, who is also...
This is Falcon Heavy's second launch. On Feb. 6, 2018, the rocket carried a red Tesla Roadster into space in a demonstration of the rocket's capability in order to get more orders. With a total of 27 Merlin engines, the Falcon Heavy is capable of generating "more than 5 million pound...
That's three times the 1,419 satellites that are currently in space, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, a not-for-profit group made up of scientists across the world. Billionaire Musk – who is also the chief executive of electric car companyTesla– first...
The online application tool is just as easy as ordering a custom car model on Tesla’s website, SpaceX’s sister company. Aside from helping others get their satellites into space, SpaceX also launches its ownStarlink satellitesinto low-Earth orbits. So far, it’s launched four batches (ab...
Astronauts Bob and Doug hitch a ride to their rocket aboard a Tesla Model X. This SpaceX manned flight marks a milestone in U.S. history.
The tech billionaire has said the rocket will carry a red Tesla Roadster into space, eventually to a Mars orbit, where it should remain "for a billion years or so if it doesn't blow up on ascent." The Falcon Heavy, a reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle, is seen as the world's...