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Elon Musk Launched His Tesla Roadster Into Space 7 Years Ago—It Was Just Seen Again

According to SpaceX’s own calculation, the Roadster completed its first orbit around the Sun in August 2019 and made its first close approach to Mars on Oct. 7, 2020.

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When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.

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 sent the car (with a spacesuit-clad mannequin called "Starman" in the driver's seat) into a long orbit around the sun in 2018 as the first payload of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket.

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How Elon Musk’s crusade against government could benefit Tesla

Musk’s close relationship with President Trump means many federal headaches related to Tesla could vanish within weeks or months.

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Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid. Here’s why that points to a broader problem

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

Where Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is now after he launched it into space seven years ago

Launched into space back in 2018, Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster continues to 'drive' around the universe as it floats ...

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Elon Musk says Trump told SpaceX to bring Starliner astronauts home 'as soon as possible'

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said on Tuesday that President Donald ... and Butch Wilmore were launched to the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in June 2024. The ...

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Trump and Elon Musk Say They're Working to Get Astronauts Stuck on Space Station, but NASA Says It Already Has a Plan

Elon Musk says Donald Trump has asked SpaceX to rescue two astronauts who have been in space for more than seven months — ...

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Elon Musk's SpaceX Launches In 2025 So Far: 12 Falcon 9 Launches, 1 Starship Test Flight

Since the start of 2025, Elon Musk's rocket manufacturing company SpaceX has been busy completing multiple launches, starting ...

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Elon Musk’s Plans to ‘Plug In’ to ATC System Trigger Backlash

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy did not elaborate on their plans to make “rapid safety upgrades.

Senate Democrat wants USDOT to bar Elon Musk from airspace reform effort

The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee said she is asking U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to bar ...

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The Contentious History Between Elon Musk and Former FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker

While that office may be ready to go to work, the FAA itself is not fully on the job. That’s because it’s without an ...

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Last FAA Chief Quit Following Pressure From Elon Musk

Mike Whitaker, the previous FAA administrator, stepped down on Inauguration Day after just over a year on the job. He’d repeatedly clashed with Elon Musk — now in charge of a group tasked with ...

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Trump asks Elon Musk to return 2 Starliner astronauts from the ISS for NASA —but they already have a SpaceX ride home

President Trump just asked Elon Musk to retrieve two NASA astronauts from the International Space Station. But the duo are ...

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Elon Musk putting holidaymakers at risk as exploding rockets fill atmosphere with 'space junk'

Scientists have warned that space debris from satellites from companies like Elon Musk's Space X could cause horrific ...

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