Even Elon Musk thinks his space-cruising midnight-cherry Tesla Roadster looks weird ... This is likely why Musk joked that the Roadster images looked "fake," Sachleben said.

When Elon Musk launched the Falcon Heavy rocket (and its payload of a Tesla Roadster) in February 2018, many saw it as a giant step toward commercial space travel and sending a human to Mars.

Also Read: $1,000 In Tesla Or SPY At Start ... The last time the Roadster was directly observed was in 2018. In 2018, the car's launch attracted a lot of memes on Twitter.

The Feb. 6, 2018 launch shot SpaceX founder Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster into space. The sports car is still out there and even suffered from a case of mistaken identity recently when ...

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Thing is, there already is a flying Tesla Roadster—in space. The February 2018 launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket had some very special cargo aboard: Mr. Musk's personal first-generation ...