It’s been two years and eight months Historical events And, interested in Roadster And while Starman’s journey has slowed down a bit, it’s still impressive. Just in case you woke up this morning and were drinking coffee, quietly asking yourself, “Yes, I wonder where Starman is today.” As one does, the answer comes automatically from SpaceX: Starman is staring at the red planet. Or done, in a nutshell.
“Starman, last seen leaving Earth, made its first close approach to Mars today – within 0.05 astronomical units, or less than 5 million miles from the Red Planet.” SpaceX said in a recent tweet.
Of course, it’s not as if Starman came within the distance of Mars, but it’s still closer than Earth at the moment. Where ISRADS Website that tracks the progress of Roadster and its pilots. The same source notes that, if the battery on the roadster is still working, Starman would have heard Space audit To 265,533 times a year, and Is there life on Mars? 357,794 times in the second.
The Starman is a mannequin adorned in a prototype of the SpaceX Space Suite, and another smaller version inside the Hot Wheels toy Roadster on the dashboard. A data storage device with a copy of Isaac Asimov Foundation Novels are included, just so the pair will end their space travel.
Roadster was Launched into space The SpaceX Falcon rides a heavy rocket, not aimed at a specific target. It reached a speed of 4,641 miles per hour (7,469 kilometers per hour) and according to the agreement, it will continue to come into space until it collides with something and is destroyed. Unless it has happened before.
Starman, last seen leaving Earth, made its first close approach to Mars today – within 0.05 astronomical units, or less than 5 million miles from the Red Planet. pic.twitter.com/gV8barFTm7
– SpaceX (@spaceX) October 7, 2020