Elon Musk’s SpaceX made a successful launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket, the world’s most powerful rocket by a factor of two, headed on a deep space mission towards Mars. The Falcon Heavy rocket was the first launch of its kind since the Saturn V and the Apollo missions. The successful launch included at least two of the 3 reusable rockets boosters returning to Earth. As icing on the cake, there is now a cherry red Tesla roadster convertible hurtling through space.

This animation of the Falcon Heavy Rocket demonstrates how the most powerful rocket in the world is able to lift 64 metric tons, similar to a 737 jetliner including passenger and crew, into space. Equally impressive is the fact that two of the reusable booster rockets are brought back to Earth standing upright.

The cherry red Tesla roadster on the final stage sports a dummy astronaut…

And here are some of the live views of the fake starman in the driver’s seat of the worlds’ fastest car…