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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, 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.
Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n m ʌ s k /; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and political figure known for his key roles in the automotive company Tesla, Inc. and the space company SpaceX. 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 ...
The 320-foot rocket lifted off at 2:03 a.m. EST at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. ... Origin on the successful launch was billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who founded SpaceX ...
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks after unveiling the Dragon V2 spacecraft in Hawthorne, California May 29, 2014. Neuralink Musk founded Neuralink Corp., a neurotechnology company, in 2016.
Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, and it was valued at about $350 billion during the latest round of staff share purchases. Musk is worth an estimated $455 billion, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ...
Elon Musk's SpaceX was established in 2002, last among the three main rivals. Speaking at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and without reference to private spaceflight, Elon Musk expressed excitement for a new space race in 2018. [11] Government programs have also fueled the billionaire space race.
Elon Musk is pushing for SpaceX to significantly ramp up Starship test launches in 2025.. The proposal from Musk, the billionaire founder and CEO of the commercial space transportation company ...