8 entries dated 2020 across achievements, SpaceX missions and legal records.
In the early 2020 pandemic, Musk’s companies sourced and donated more than 1,000 ventilators to hospitals and began engineering their own from car parts.
The first crewed orbital launch by a private company — and the first from US soil since the Space Shuttle retired in 2011.
Tesla’s market value surpasses every legacy automaker, then passes $1 trillion — validating the EV thesis.
SpaceX became the first to routinely recover and reuse payload fairings — the rocket’s protective nose cone — first catching them, then fishing them from the ocean.
Tesla unveils its 4680 cell and structural battery pack to cut cost and complexity — later cracking dry-electrode manufacturing.
Tesla was first to use giant high-pressure casting machines to replace dozens of welded parts with a single aluminium casting — simplifying car bodies dramatically.
SpaceX flew NASA astronauts to orbit — the first crewed launch from US soil since the Shuttle’s 2011 retirement, ending reliance on Russian rockets.
The first full-length operational crew rotation, making Crew Dragon the routine ride for NASA and partner astronauts.