SpaceX, formally Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, was founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with the aim of lowering the cost of spaceflight. After several failures, its Falcon 1 rocket became the first privately developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit in 2008. The Falcon 9 followed, and in 2012 its Dragon capsule became the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station. In 2015 the company landed a Falcon 9 first stage after launch for the first time, and it later made reusable boosters routine. SpaceX has carried astronauts for NASA since 2020 and is developing the large Starship vehicle.
Before and after
- 1 February 2002Release of Danish Wikipedia
- 21 February 2002Release of Finnish Wikipedia
- from 1 March 2002 to 18 March 2002Operation Anaconda
- 8 March 2002Release of Slovene Wikipedia
- 14 March 2002Founding of SpaceX
- 20 March 2002Launch of last.fm
- from 29 March 2002 to 10 May 2002Operation Defensive Shield
- 31 March 2002Creation of Gentoo Linux
- 3 May 2002Release of Czech Wikipedia
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