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Entry to SpaceX's headquarters, showing the Dragon capsule used in the COTS Demo Flight 1, a Falcon 9's landing leg and the glassy control room. This is a corporate history of SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company founded by Elon Musk.
SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with a vision of decreasing the costs of space launches, ... Date Achievement Flight 28 September 2008:
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 the space company SpaceX and the automotive company Tesla, Inc. He is also known for his ownership of X Corp. (the company that operates the social media platform X, formerly Twitter), and his role in the founding of the Boring Company, xAI, Neuralink, and OpenAI.
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.
But SpaceX has a ways to go before realizing Elon Musk’s dream of colonizing Mars. SpaceX is just one of the many companies founded or led by Musk, the mercurial billionaire who has launched at ...
By the numbers. 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 ...
SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk in 2001 with a vision of decreasing the costs of space launches, paving the way to a sustainable colony on Mars. In 2008, when SpaceX was almost bankrupt, Falcon 1 successfully launched into orbit after three failed launch attempts.
In April, Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002, said the first uncrewed starship to land on Mars would be within five years, with the first people landing on Mars within seven years.