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When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.

The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The company sent the car (with a spacesuit-clad mannequin called "Starman" in the driver's seat) into a long orbit around the sun in 2018 as the first payload of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket.

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Remember when Elon Musk sent a Tesla into space? Someone just mistook it for an asteroid

An object that was incorrectly identified by an amateur astronomer as an asteroid has turned out to be a Tesla Roadster. Earlier this month, on Jan. 2, a new asteroid called 2018 CN41 was announced by the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

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Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla

Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its driver "Starman," which were launched into space in 2018.

Elon Musk Wanted FAA Chief Out

The Contentious History Between Elon Musk and Former FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker

While that office may be ready to go to work, the FAA itself is not fully on the job. That’s because it’s without an administrator. Michael Whitaker, who had led the administration since Oct., 2023, stepped down earlier this month,

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Last FAA Chief Quit Following Pressure From Elon Musk

Mike Whitaker, the previous FAA administrator, stepped down on Inauguration Day after just over a year on the job. He’d repeatedly clashed with Elon Musk — now in charge of a group tasked with slashing the government’s headcount by President Donald Trump — over safety issues at his space company,

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Elon Musk Wanted FAA Chief Out, But There's No Evidence He Pushed Him To Resign

In the fall of 2024, the tech billionaire said the FAA administrator should resign after the agency fined his company over safety issues.

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Elon Musk Accused of 'Pulling Trump Down' With Negative Poll Rating

Harry Enten, Tuesday on CNN: "Donald Trump is a more popular guy than Elon Musk is, that's the bottom line. Again, you look ...

Elon Musk’s Father Promotes ‘Musk It’ Solana Meme Coin

While Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has embraced Dogecoin (DOGE), his father is pushing a meme coin that trades on the ...

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US grounds Elon Musk’s Starship after rocket exploded leaving planes swerving & flaming wreck causing ‘property damage’

AN exploding SpaceX Starship caused chaos in the sky – as planes swerved to avoid it and the flaming wreck caused property ...

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Elon Musk Suggests SpaceX Will Accelerate Return of NASA Astronauts

The founder of SpaceX said President Trump had asked his company to return two astronauts aboard the space station to Earth ...

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Elon Musk keeps launching rockets — and that's causing trouble for airlines

The "rapid unscheduled disassembly" of Elon Musk's Starship sparked chaos as some airspace throughout the Caribbean was ...

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Randy Blythe Rips Elon Musk: He’s President Trump’s “Ketamine-Fueled Pet Rocket Monkey”

The Lamb of God frontman called the tech billionaire a "complete asshole." Randy Blythe Rips Elon Musk: He’s President ...

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Did Wernher von Braun predict in 1953 Elon Musk would rule Mars? ‘How can this be real?’

Fans of the billionaire Elon Musk are now saying that a book predicted the SpaceX and Tesla CEO becoming the leader of Mars.

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Trump World learns how to deal with Musk

President Trump’s allies and aides are learning to deal with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has had a consistent presence in the ...

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