The world鈥檚 first space sports car is cruising toward the asteroid belt, well beyond Mars.

SpaceX chief Elon Musk confirmed the new, more distant route for his rocketing Tesla Roadster, which was launched aboard the company鈥檚 Falcon Heavy from Florida.

The Heavy became the most powerful rocket flying today with Tuesday鈥檚 inaugural test flight.

Musk says the final firing of the upper stage put his red convertible into a solar orbit that stretches all the way to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The original plan had the car travelling no farther than Mars.

In the driver seat of the Tesla is a space-suited mannequin nicknamed 鈥淪tarman.鈥� Musk doesn鈥檛 plan to fly people on the Heavy, but is working on an even bigger rocket for deep-space crews.

Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press

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