SpaceX's Roadster And Its Starman Past Mars, Continuing Their Space Trip

It may be hard to believe, but the Falcon Heavy Rocket has made through nine months since it was launched by SpaceX with a payload into Sun-centric orbit. The rocket’s only passenger has passed Mars, this had marked another milestone for the spaceflight leader.

Over last weekend, SpaceX announced that Starman has completed one of the impressive goals for the launch, pasting Mars’ orbit. The Tesla Roadster and its passenger are still flying through space, yet it will not travel much farther before it loops around towards the Sun and repeats its journey for some more time, which we don’t know for sure how much more.

Launching Falcon Heavy was such an iconic event, especially when Elon Musk and his company weren’t even sure if the spacecraft could make its way into space. In terms of this launch, Musk was extra careful with his expectations, saying it would already be a success if the ship did not blow up in its launch.

Well, it obviously turned out much better than what SpaceX’s founder worried before since the ship appeared to continue its trip without any problems. A live video showed the Tesla and Starman when the outer shell of the payload bay opened up.

SpaceX has moved from the Falcon Heavy. Recently, all the attention is going to SpaceX’s BFR, which stands for “Big Falcon Rocket”. BFR plays an important role to SpaceX which is expected to help humans achieve innovative milestones in science like trips to Mars.

Back in February this year, SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy into space, carrying the Tesla Roadster. With the height of 70 meters and weight of over 1.4 million kilograms, this rocket is considered to have the highest payload capacity among current vehicle in operation, and the fourth-highest ever. The next Falcon Heavy is planned to be launched in early 2019.