Private Space Station Coming Soon? Company Aiming for 2020 LaunchLeonard DavidSPACE.com
While SpaceX is not the sole new launch company, it has set the pace for reducing the cost and increasing the reliability of space launches. Companies like Rocket Lab have started to compete with Elon Musk’s company. The Blue Origin New Glenn, which launched in Florida on Jan. 16, ...
SpaceX was founded by Musk, a South African-born businessman and entrepreneur. At age 30, Musk made his initial fortune by selling his two successful companies: Zip2, which he sold for $307 million in 1999, and PayPal, which eBay purchased for $1.5 billion in 2002,The New York Times r...
The company also plans to launch ZQ-2, a liquid-fueled rocket, in 2020. China has more than 60 private companies entering the commercial space industry. They are growing fast and competing in market for launches of small satellites and rockets....
more than 50 years, but in the 21st century private spaceflight companies are building new space taxis to launch more people into orbit. SPACE.com looks at the major players in the commercial spaceflight race in our week-long series:The Private Space Taxi Race. This is Part 1 in that ...
A Long March-2F Y13 rocket carrying the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, October 16, 2021. /CFP The launch of commercial rocketCERES-1 Y2 on December 7marked another milestone for private space companies in China, as...
A camera on the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket captures a spectacular scene as Intuitive Machine's Odysseus moon lander is released to fly on its own 48 minutes after launch from the Kennedy Space Center. If all goes well, the commercial lander will touch down near the moon's ...
SpaceX designed, built and tested its Falcon series of rockets. It signed contracts with NASA to provide cargo services to the ISS and with other companies and the U.S. military to provide general launch services. Perhaps most importantly, SpaceX has demonstrated that its...
The company also plans to launch a carrier rocket in 2019. China's aerospace exploration was dominated by state-owned companies and institutes until 2014 when private companies were allowed to develop and launch rockets. China has more than 60 private companies in the commercial space industry. Th...
SpaceX -- owned by Internet entrepreneur and PayPal co-founder Musk -- made history with its Dragon launch in December 2010, becoming the first commercial outfit to send a spacecraft into orbit and back. SpaceX and several other companies are competing to be the first to operate a private ...