SpaceX Falcon Heavy successfully launched on February 6, 2018, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Station in Florida.

The Falcon Heavy consists of a Falcon 9 rocket core with two additional strap-on boosters.

Upon the launch, an unexpected fault meant that the middle core failed to land safely – and crashed into the ocean at 300mph.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk designed the rocket with the intension of carrying humans into space – eventually the moon and even Mars.

This initial success is a huge leap in the right direction for SpaceX.

But for now, riding on the Falcon Heavy’s second stage is a dummy in a space suit – called Starman.

He is riding on a cherry red Tesla Roadster – while listening to David Bowie’s Space Oddity on repeat.

Here we give you the latest location of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy.

After the powerful machine was launched it cruised around space for around six hours – completing a victory lap around Earth’s orbit.

This was a mere formality to show off the capabilities of the rocket – which is capable of lifting 54 metric tons (119,000 lb) into space.

Six hours after the launch unsuspecting skywatchers reported seeing the Falcon Heavy high in the sky.

They onlookers caught a glimpse of the rocket’s second stage – which saw the engines firing up one last time before it blasted out of Earth’s orbit.

This happened at around 9.45 EST (2.45 am GMT).

The rocket was supposed to send the payload on a cruise close to Mars – but it seems to have overshot its target – sending it on its way towards the Asteroid Belt.

SpaceX CEO Musk tweeted a map showing the path of the Roadster – which now will see the Falcon Heavy being plummeted into the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Scientists report that the original plan was to send the Tesla Roadster out into the orbit of Mars – but now further.

Astronomer Phil Plait said the spacecraft was expected to enter an elliptical orbit around the sun – eventually intersecting the orbit of Mars at its farthest point and the orbit of Earth at its nearest.

He said directly to Musk in December 2017: “This is a low-energy orbit; that is, it takes the least amount of energy to put something in this orbit from Earth.”

The new path will see the world’s most powerful rocket come relatively close to the dwarf planet Ceres.

Ceres is the largest object in the Asteroid Belt Between Mars and Jupiter – with a diameter of 587 miles.

Even if the Falcon Heavy managed to enter the correct orbit, the rocket would have a long journey – at leas several months – before it reached Mars.

According to enthusiasts at space.stackexchange forum, the sports car would have reached Mars in October this year.