maidenflight

Latest

  • SpaceX

    SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy will carry Musk's Tesla Roadster to Mars

    by 
    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    12.01.2017

    SpaceX chief Elon Musk has revealed the new schedule for Falcon Heavy's maiden flight: the company is aiming to send it to the Martian orbit next month from the same launch pad where Apollo 11 took off. The business magnate has also divulged that Falcon 9's more powerful sibling will carry his personal midnight cherry Tesla Roadster to space. While playing David Bowie's Space Oddity, of course. Musk expects his Roadster to remain in deep space for a billion years -- unless Falcon Heavy blows up on its way to the red planet.