Rockets & Vehicles

From Falcon 1 to Starship, from the Roadster to Optimus — the machines that changed spaceflight and the car.

Starship

Starship

SpaceX

Super heavy-lift rocket · since 2023

Two stages — Super Heavy and Starship — both powered by methane-burning Raptor engines and designed to land back at the tower. Built to be the first fully reusable orbital rocket and the vehicle for the Moon and Mars. 14 flights by 28 September 2026.

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Falcon 9

Falcon 9

SpaceX

Reusable medium-lift rocket · since 2010

The workhorse. First launched on 4 June 2010; first booster landing in December 2015; first commercial rocket to launch humans to orbit (2020). Flies about three times a week.

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Falcon Heavy

Falcon Heavy

SpaceX

Super heavy-lift rocket · since 2018

Three Falcon 9 cores strapped together. Its first flight on 6 February 2018 carried Musk's cherry-red Tesla Roadster, with "Starman" at the wheel, past Mars' orbit.

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Dragon

Dragon

SpaceX

Crew and cargo spacecraft · since 2020 (crew)

Crew Dragon carries four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA and private customers; Cargo Dragon brings supplies. Launches on Falcon 9 and splashes down at sea.

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Falcon 1

Falcon 1

SpaceX

Small rocket (retired) · since 2006–2009

Where it all began. Three failures, then orbit on 28 September 2008 — the first privately developed liquid-fuelled rocket to get there.

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Roadster

Roadster

Tesla

Electric sports car · since 2008

Tesla's first car, built from 2008. Proved that an electric car could be fast and desirable.

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Model S

Model S

Tesla

Electric sedan · since 2012

The car that made Tesla a real automaker — a full-size luxury sedan with over-the-air updates.

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Model X

Model X

Tesla

Electric SUV · since 2015

The SUV with falcon-wing doors.

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Model 3

Model 3

Tesla

Electric sedan · since 2017

The mass-market Tesla that took electric cars mainstream.

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Model Y

Model Y

Tesla

Electric crossover · since 2020

Tesla's best-selling crossover, built in the US, China and Germany.

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Semi

Semi

Tesla

Electric truck · since 2022

Electric semi-trailer truck with a range of up to 500 miles. First deliveries to PepsiCo in December 2022; volume production started on 29 April 2026.

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Cybertruck

Cybertruck

Tesla

Electric pickup · since 2023

Flat, unpainted stainless-steel panels and a shape nobody else would dare. Built at Gigafactory Texas; deliveries since November 2023.

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Optimus

Optimus

Tesla

Humanoid robot · since announced 2021

General-purpose humanoid robot, announced at Tesla AI Day in August 2021 with a first prototype in 2022. Musk expects it to become the biggest product ever.

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