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On 10 January 2016, the English singer, songwriter and actor David Bowie died at his Lafayette Street home in New York City, having been diagnosed with liver cancer 18 months earlier. He died two days after the release of his twenty-sixth and final studio album, Blackstar, which coincided with his 69th birthday.
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David Bowie would have loved this but before before it happened.♥️♥️♥️

Yes, David Bowie's "Space Oddity" played on loop in Elon Musk's Tesla as it was launched into space on the Falcon Heavy rocket in 2018. The car also contained a mannequin named Starman and had the dashboard message "DON'T PANIC!" from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
The launch: The song was part of the payload for the first test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket in February 2018.
The car's occupant: A mannequin, dressed in a spacesuit and named "Starman" (a nod to another Bowie song), was placed in the driver's seat.
The soundtrack: "Space Oddity" was the main soundtrack to the car's journey, playing on repeat as the car was sent on an orbit around the sun and Mars.

Ode to Douglas Adams below♥️👍🏼♥️
Author of the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with the message "DON'T PANIC!". From his book😎👍🏼♥️
Additional details: The dashboard also featured a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with the message "DON'T PANIC!".