An amature astronomer spotted a near Earth object and alerted authorities only to realize it was Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster that he launched into orbit in 2018.

Just after SpaceX launched the first flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday, lofting a red Tesla Roadster to deep space, Musk revealed a little secret hidden within the cosmic car.

The first successful Falcon Heavy took to the skies in February of 2018, carrying as its payload a red Tesla Roadster, along ...

convertible Tesla Roadster. With the top down and a dummy at the wheel listening to David Bowie, strapped to the most powerful, operational rocket in the world, no less, The Falcon Heavy.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. SpaceX reached a new milestone on Tuesday when it successfully launched its Falcon ...

Watching Space X's Falcon Heavy launch, the future suddenly materialized ... After moving away from the rest of the rocket and its payload of a Tesla Roadster outfitted with a dummy named "Starman ...

On 6 February 2018, a Tesla Roadster was launched as the mass simulator on the first ever Falcon Heavy launch — putting for the first time ever a car on a Mars-crossing orbit. While undoubtedly ...

It has been a little over seven years since SpaceX first test-launched its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket. The February 2018 launch also shot SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster into ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket at 3:45 p.m. today, carrying Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster into space with the goal of putting it into Mars’ orbit.

But beyond the sheer numbers of its capabilities, Falcon Heavy has ushered in a new era and continues to fulfill SpaceX’s promise to create a more open access environment to the space beyond ...

But instead the plan is to launch Musk's own midnight cherry Tesla Roadster in the Falcon Heavy when it takes off from its launchpad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A prettier payload ...

The Tesla Roadster was a dummy payload for the Falcon Heavy rocket's first test in 2018. The car launched into space was Musk's personal roadster, a suggestion that he fielded from Twitter.