The SpaceX CEO has shared an image of a cherry red Telsa Roadster that will be on board in the cargo area on the top of the rocket.
SpaceX is revving up for the first ever launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket this week, and Elon Musk has given a hint at what will be on board the giant rocket.
The SpaceX CEO has shared an image of a cherry red Telsa Roadster that will be on board in the cargo area on the top of the rocket.
Sitting in the driver’s seat is SpaceX’s ‘Starman’ – an astronaut dummy that will also be launched into space.
Musk posted the images on Instagram with the simple caption: “Starman in Red Roadster.”
The enormous rocket is made from three boosters on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle
The Falcon Heavy launch will take place tomorrow at 18:30 GMT (13:30 ET).
The enormous rocket is made from three boosters on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
If the launch is successful, it will mark the biggest rocket to launch since 1973.
SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk
After launching, the Falcon Heavy will put a payload – including the Tesla Roadster and Starman -into an elliptical orbit around the sun.
SpaceX will then try to land all three of Falcon Heavy’s boosters – two back at Cape Canaveral, and one on a drone ship off the coast of Florida.
Considering their enormous size this, this will be an impressive feat if SpaceX manages to pull it off.
