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SpaceX: Revolutionizing Space Exploration Space Exploration Technologies Corp, or SpaceX, a Texas-based company founded by Elon Musk in 2002, has fundamentally reshaped the space launch industry. Its initial goal—reducing space launch costs—has been met with remarkable success. Early cha...
- Company type Private
- Founded March 14, 2002 (23 years ago) (2002-03-14) in El Segundo, California, U.S.
- Founders Elon Musk
- Headquarters SpaceX Starbase, Cameron County, Texas, U.S.
- Revenue US$4.6 billion (2022)
- Net income US$-559 million (2022)
- Number of employees 13,000+ (September 2023)
- Subsidiaries Starlink, Swarm Technologies, Pioneer Aerospace
- Website www.spacex.com
SpaceX history
Last Updated : 27/03/25, 08:04 PM
SpaceX: A Revolution in Space Exploration Founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, SpaceX aimed to drastically reduce space launch costs and improve reliability. Early challenges included Falcon 1 launch failures, nearly bankrupting the company. However, the successful fourth launch in 2008, coupled with NASA'...
SPACEX NEWS
Elon Musk's SpaceX gears up to make its Starbase facility an official Texas city
May 04, 2025 8:20 am
During the counting, 177 votes had been taken into account until 7pm Saturday (local time) and 173 had favoured for the formation of the city of Starbase.
Watch: 4 space tourists onboard SpaceX capsule splash down off California coast after first flight around Earth's poles
April 05, 2025 9:45 am
The mission was named after the Fram, a Norwegian ship that explored the Arctic in the 19th century.
Elon Musk shares stunning video of first humans to orbit Earth’s poles under Fram2 mission. Watch
April 03, 2025 9:21 am
In the video, astronaut Chun Wang placed his sock-clad feet against the spacecraft’s domed cupola window.
Private SpaceX crew set for launch to novel polar orbit around Earth
April 01, 2025 8:26 am
This mission, the first to orbit Earth from pole to pole, will carry a crew of four aboard the Crew Dragon capsule for a three- to five-day journey, conducting 22 experiments on human spaceflight and microgravity.
SpaceX's Fram2 mission: First human spaceflight to Polar Orbit set for launch on April 1
March 30, 2025 10:58 am
First-ever human spaceflight to polar orbit to conduct ground-breaking research, including the first X-ray in space and experiments on human health in microgravity.
Watch: Sunita Williams smiles and waves in first pic as she returns to Earth after 286 days
March 19, 2025 7:40 am
Williams returned to Earth along with fellow NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard SpaceX Crew 9 Dragon spacecraft.
Watch: Moment when NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Wilmore splashdown after 9-months in space
March 19, 2025 5:24 am
Williams and Wilmore’s SpaceX Dragon spacecraft had parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday (ET), hours after departing the ISS.
What is FireSat, the Google-backed satellite put into orbit by Elon Musk’s SpaceX?
March 19, 2025 9:12 am
FireSat aims to have an LEO constellation comprising 50 satellites designed to help firefighters mitigate wildfires before they grow out of control.
NASA Sunita Williams SpaceX Crew-9 Return LIVE Updates: PM Modi, ISRO chief, political leaders hail Sunita Williams' return after SpaceX rescue mission
March 20, 2025 1:51 am
NASA Astronauts, Sunita Williams Spacex Crew-9 Return Date, Time, Live Streaming News Updates: NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and fellow Crew-9 members have exited the Dragon capsule and will now be taken to Houston for rehabilitation programme.
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore may face baby feet, bone density loss upon return from space
March 17, 2025 1:48 am
According to former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore might experience trouble in walking as and when they return to Earth.
