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Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n m ʌ s k /; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman known for his key roles in Tesla, Inc., SpaceX, and Twitter (which he rebranded as X).Since 2025, he has been a senior advisor to United States president Donald Trump and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
In March 1999, [15] Musk co-founded X.com, an online financial services and e-mail payment company with $12 million of the money he made from the Compaq acquisition. [16] X.com was one of the first online banks that was federally insured, and over 200,000 customers joined in its initial months of operation.
First controlled flyback and recovery of a payload fairing. [129] 3 June 2017: First reuse of a commercial cargo spacecraft. [130] SpaceX CRS-11: 6 February 2018: First private spacecraft launched into heliocentric orbit. Falcon Heavy test flight: 2 March 2019: First private company to send a human-rated spacecraft to orbit. Crew Dragon Demo-1: ...
Elon Musk gives a tour toPresident-elect Donald Trump and lawmakers of the control room before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.
Musk has been floating the idea of turning the launch site into a city for several years, with SpaceX first approaching officials in Cameron County, Texas, about the plan in 2021. Holding an ...
How Bastrop, pop. 12,000, became a magnet for a handful of Musk companies. Elon Musk’s business empire is taking over a small Texan town. Not all of its residents are pleased
SpaceX's first rocket was named Falcon 1 by Musk, taking inspiration from the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, and also because the rocket would have only one booster engine. [ citation needed ] [ further explanation needed ] Falcon 1 was designed with a core tenet of low launch cost; according to contemporary sources the rocket has an ...
Since we’ve known him, Elon Musk has racked up some big hits—and some wild misses. —Fortune staff. 1,000. Number of solar roofs Musk aspired to install per week. Since the company was ...