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SpaceX is a company founded by Elon Musk of PayPal and Tesla, which recently became the first privately-owned group to launch a mission to the International Space Station. Its Dragon capsule successfully docked with the ISS after detaching from a Falcon rocket, clearing SpaceX to proceed with a $1.6 billion contract covering at least six further missions to the station. Virgin Galactic, founded by Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group, is pursuing the stars as well, in addition to Blue Origin, founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and John Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace.
Apr 17, 2015, 4:57 AM UTCSam Byford
SpaceX’s near-miss barge landing is even more dramatic in this alleged GoPro footage
Jan 5, 2015, 8:06 PM UTCRussell Brandom
SpaceX's landing barge is now at sea — and ready to be hit by a rocket
Tomorrow's audacious launch may lead to reuseable rockets
Nov 7, 2014, 9:17 PM UTCElizabeth Lopatto
Elon Musk may be getting into the satellite business
Musk is exploring a partnership with Greg Wyler, founder of WorldVu Satellites Ltd, to launch about 700 satellites, The Wall Street Journal says.
Nov 6, 2014, 4:21 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Around 20 people cancel Virgin Galactic flights after last week's crash
Oct 31, 2014, 6:19 PM UTCChris Ziegler and Elizabeth Lopatto
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo crashes during test flight
One pilot is dead and another injured after SpaceShipTwo crashes in the Mojave desert.
Sep 17, 2014, 5:25 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin partners with Boeing and Lockheed Martin to reduce dependence on Russian rockets
Sep 16, 2014, 8:10 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Boeing and SpaceX get NASA contracts to take astronauts to the ISS
Aug 23, 2014, 12:39 AM UTCJosh Lowensohn
SpaceX Falcon 9 test vehicle explodes during 'particularly complex' Texas test flight
Onboard systems detected an "anomaly" and aborted
Aug 19, 2014, 2:54 PM UTCBen Popper
Elon Musk's SpaceX reportedly raising $200 million in funding at $10 billion valuation
The rocket business is booming
May 29, 2014, 5:47 PM UTCAdrianne Jeffries
Watch SpaceX reveal the design for its first manned spaceship tonight at 10PM ET
Jan 10, 2014, 11:30 PM UTCRussell Brandom
Virgin Galactic finishes third supersonic flight, reaching its highest altitude to date
Dec 6, 2013, 6:50 PM UTCAdi Robertson
How many satellite launches does it take to get to Mars?
SpaceX's launch this week leaves a long road to getting humans to other planets
Dec 3, 2013, 9:57 PM UTCChris Welch
SpaceX succeeds at third attempt to launch a commercial satellite
Nov 28, 2013, 10:08 PM UTCKatie Drummond
SpaceX's Thanksgiving rocket launch aborted twice at the last second
Nov 25, 2013, 10:33 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
SpaceX's first satellite launch delayed until at least Thursday
Oct 22, 2013, 3:19 PM UTCDante D'Orazio
Latest space tourism trip uses balloon to take passengers 100,000 feet up
Oct 18, 2013, 8:07 PM UTCNathan Ingraham
Virgin Galactic hopes its spacecrafts might someday be used for superfast flights across Earth
Sep 29, 2013, 4:18 PM UTCAmar Toor
Commercial space race heats up as Orbital Sciences sends its own ship to ISS
NASA hails 'historical milestone' as Cygnus spacecraft links up with International Space Station
Sep 5, 2013, 9:29 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
Virgin Galactic nears commercial spaceflight with second rocket-powered test run
Aug 14, 2013, 3:33 PM UTCCarl Franzen
SpaceX's 10-story tall Grasshopper rocket flies sideways in latest launch
