Demo Flight 1 (Maiden Flight)

First Stage · NewB1033

lost1st flight

Two of the outer engines didn't re-ignite for the landing burn, ran out of TEA/TEB igniters.

Strap-On Booster · Flight-provenB1025

retired2nd flight

Retired.

Strap-On Booster · Flight-provenB1023

retired2nd flight

Retired; on permanent display indoors at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Upper Stage · Tesla RoadsterTSLA 10Tesla Roadster

Single Use

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the Sun. "Starman", a mannequin dressed in a spacesuit, occupies the driver's seat. The car and rocket are products of Tesla and SpaceX, respectively, both companies founded by Elon Musk. The 2008-model Roadster was previously used by Musk for commuting to work, and is the only production car in space. The car, mounted on the rocket's second stage, acquired enough velocity to escape Earth's gravity and enter an elliptical heliocentric orbit crossing the orbit of Mars. The orbit reaches a maximum distance from the Sun at aphelion of 1.66 astronomical units (au). During the early portion of the voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere, live video was transmitted back to the mission control center and live-streamed for slightly over four hours.