Though Tesla’s shares doubled over the past 12 months, they’ve had a tough run since the inauguration. Investors are waiting to see if Elon Musk can keep the company’s charmed run going.

In many ways, these have been tough days for Tesla. Falling sales. Squeezed profit margins. Proposed changes in US government policy that could cost the company billions.

It's been seven years since Elon Musk sent a Tesla Roadster into space, so why did he do it and where is it now?

Musk, who also runs SpaceX and a number of other companies, has been known to make big often exaggerated promises. For example, he once called the Hyperloop, which was never built, the "fifth mode of transport" and famously promised to take Tesla private in a Twitter post, saying he had secured financing that he didn't have.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk's brother, Kimbal Musk, who is a Tesla board member, sold 27 million worth of Tesla stock on Thursday, according to regulatory filings. Kimbal Musk sold 75,000 TSLA shares for an estimated $27.