It was a launch to remember: on Tuesday, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy soared into the sky from Cape Canaveral, Fla., with a mannequin headed for Mars in a red Tesla Roadster. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)As well, the payload — Musk's own cherry red Tesla Roadster complete with a mannequin astronaut — overshot its orbit. Originally, the plan was to place Starman in an orbit that would take it between Earth and Mars. However, the second stage fired longer than anticipated, which has placed the car and driver into an orbit that reaches the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Exceeded Mars orbit and kept going to the Asteroid Belt.

Source: CBC News February 07, 2018 20:15 UTC