SPACEX DESIGNS, MANUFACTURES AND LAUNCHES ADVANCED ROCKETS AND SPACECRAFT
SpaceX
Aerospace Engineering
SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, designs and manufactures advanced rockets and aerospace vehicles. Musk founded the company in 2002 with the goal of revolutionizing space technology, paving humanity's path to life on alien planets. Specifically, SpaceX's goal is to facilitate the colonization of the planet Mars. After initial failure of the newly developed Falcon 1 rocket, the company became a major provider of the International Space Station (ISS) within a few years with the Falcon 9 and the spacecraft Dragon. In 2018, SpaceX plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the Red Planet. In 2025, a manned mission to Mars will follow.
