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SpaceX
American corporation
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Space Exploration Technologies Corporation
- Date:
- 2002 - present
- Areas Of Involvement:
- aerospace industry
- Related People:
- Elon Musk
Top Questions
What is SpaceX?
What is SpaceX?
Where is SpaceX located?
Where is SpaceX located?
What was SpaceX's first rocket?
What was SpaceX's first rocket?
Why was SpaceX created?
Why was SpaceX created?
Is SpaceX a public company?
Is SpaceX a public company?
News •
A study on SpaceX’s mega rocket hints at a risk that helped kill the Concorde. How dangerous are sonic booms?
• Dec. 24, 2024, 2:41 AM ET (CNN)
SpaceX launches 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea (video, photos)
• Dec. 23, 2024, 4:56 AM ET (Space.com)
SpaceX launches 30 satellites on Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission (video)
• Dec. 21, 2024, 10:56 PM ET (Space.com)
Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds
• Dec. 18, 2024, 12:09 PM ET (AP)
NASA's 2 stuck astronauts face more time in space with return delayed until at least late March
• Dec. 17, 2024, 6:20 PM ET (AP)
SpaceX, American aerospace company founded in 2002 that helped usher in the era of commercial spaceflight. It was the first private company to successfully launch and return a spacecraft from Earth orbit and the first to launch a crewed spacecraft and dock it with the International Space Station (ISS). Headquarters are in Hawthorne, California. SpaceX was formed by entrepreneur Elon Musk in the hopes of revolutionizing the aerospace industry and making affordable spaceflight a reality. The company entered the arena with the Falcon 1 rocket, a two-stage liquid-fueled craft designed to send small satellites into orbit. The Falcon 1 was ...(100 of 794 words)