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Scientists Found a New 'Asteroid' Orbiting Too Close to Earth — Turns Out, It Was Elon Musk’s Car
As strange as that sounds, the car was launched in February 2018 and attached to the Falcon Heavy upper-stage booster.
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When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.
In fact, it isn't even a natural object. The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The company ...
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Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid. Here’s why that points to a broader problem
“If we’re confused about whether something is an unknown asteroid or a Tesla Roadster, then it starts to cost us money to do things like tracking it or figuring it out.” That’s why better ...
Elon Musk Launched Tesla Car In Space 7 Years Ago, Here's Where It Is Now
It has been a little over seven years since SpaceX first test-launched its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket. The February 2018 ...
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Asteroid? Nope, It’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Cruising Through Space
It's not an asteroid. It's a Tesla Roadster launched in 2018 from the Falcon Heavy rocket with a ... [+] dummy driver named "Starman." Less than a day after astronomers announced the discovery of ...
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Elon Musk's Tesla Is Still Floating in Space After 7 Years
shooting founder Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster into space. The cherry-red sports car is still out there after taking ...