Starman

Starman Orbiting Earth

Starman Orbiting Earth

On February 6, 2018, Elon Musk's company SpaceX launched their first Falcon Heavy rocket.

Close-up of takeoff
Falcon Heavy Liftoff

At T+3:47, the top of the rocket opened revealing Elon Musk's personal car, with a space suit wearing dummy in it named Starman
Fairing deploy

Starman orbited earth many times, capturing some incredible video.
Over shoulder view of Earth by Starman
Selfie view of Starman with Earth in the background
Side view of Starman with Earth in background


As the car floated away towards to go past Mars's orbit into the asteroid belt, the car snapped one final photo of Earth before its batteries ran out.
Final view of Starman near Earth before batteries ran out





And then the two side rockets landed themselves together.
Dual booster landing



If you want to see where the Space Roadster is right now, visit WhereIsRoadster.com and you can find out exactly where in the solar system it is exactly at that moment.