Timeline 351
2012
- January. Tesla ended production of the
Roadster to focus on the Model S - February. Tesla revealed the Model X - a
small SUV and says it will go on sale in
early 2014 - June. 2000 employees. The Model S was
officially launched at the Fremont fac-
tory. Retail deliveries of the Model S
started in the United States - September. Unveiled the Supercharger
network
SpaceX.
1957.Soviet’s Sputnik 1 became the first satel-
lite to go into orbit
1961.The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin be-
came the first man in space
1969.Neil Armstrong became the first person
to walk on the Moon
1981.First flight of the Space Shuttle
2000.First long-duration stay on the Interna-
tional Space Station (ISS)
2001- July. Elon came up with the idea to do
space