{"id":14099,"date":"2017-12-28T19:30:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T11:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-elon-musks-tesla-roadster-prepped-for-one-way-trip-to-deep-space\/"},"modified":"2017-12-28T19:30:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T11:30:11","slug":"photos-elon-musks-tesla-roadster-prepped-for-one-way-trip-to-deep-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-elon-musks-tesla-roadster-prepped-for-one-way-trip-to-deep-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla Roadster prepped for one-way trip to deep space"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29422\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-29422\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/27449863849_903654cf28_h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/27449863849_903654cf28_h.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/27449863849_903654cf28_h-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/27449863849_903654cf28_h-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/27449863849_903654cf28_h-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX has released photos of Elon Musk\u2019s midnight cherry red Tesla Roadster, the dummy payload selected for the Falcon Heavy rocket\u2019s maiden test flight, being readied for launch at Cape Canaveral.<\/p>\n<p>The electric sports car will be launched on a trajectory to escape the grasp of Earth\u2019s gravity aboard the first flight of SpaceX\u2019s new heavy-lifter, a test launch currently scheduled for some time next month from pad 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, SpaceX\u2019s founder and CEO, announced in early December that his Tesla Roadster will be aboard the Falcon Heavy, bound for a heliocentric solar orbit that should take it was far as Mars\u2019 distance from the sun.<\/p>\n<p>The repurposed car \u201cwill be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn\u2019t blow up on ascent,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has tried to downplay expectations for the Falcon Heavy\u2019s maiden test flight.<\/p>\n<p>Made up of three Falcon 9 first stage boosters bolted together, the Falcon Heavy will be the most powerful rocket currently flying once it debuts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the thought of a car drifting apparently endlessly through space and perhaps being discovered by an alien race millions of years in the future,\u201d Musk tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The photos released last week by SpaceX show the Tesla Roadster, already mounted on a modified satellite adapter structure, being enclosed inside the rocket\u2019s payload fairing, which will protect the car during launch preps and the initial phase of the mission as the Falcon Heavy climbs through the lower atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>The fairing will drop away from the rocket a few minutes after liftoff.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29423\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29423\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582171_ca735809d5_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582171_ca735809d5_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582171_ca735809d5_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29424\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29424\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582351_4786bdb4bc_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582351_4786bdb4bc_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582351_4786bdb4bc_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29425\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-29425\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/27449864329_042d355dcc_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/27449864329_042d355dcc_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/27449864329_042d355dcc_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/27449864329_042d355dcc_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/27449864329_042d355dcc_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29426\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-29426\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582421_a004adf187_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582421_a004adf187_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582421_a004adf187_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582421_a004adf187_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582421_a004adf187_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29427\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29427\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/25359774208_f9c1c27a5d_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/25359774208_f9c1c27a5d_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/25359774208_f9c1c27a5d_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29428\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29428\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582801_ca97937247_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582801_ca97937247_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39225582801_ca97937247_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has released photos of Elon Musk\u2019s midnight cherry red Tesla Roadster, the dummy payload selected for the Falcon Heavy rocket\u2019s maiden test flight, being readied for launch at Cape Canaveral. 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