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| − | | 2001 || || || {{w|Elon Musk}} conceptualizes "Mars Oasis", a project to land a miniature experimental greenhouse containing seeds with dehydrated gel on Mars to grow plants on {{w|Martian soil}}, "so this would be the furthest that life's ever traveled"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://milesobrien.com/?p=3359|title=Miles O'Brien – Journalist}}</ref> in an attempt to regain public interest in space exploration and increase the {{w|budget of NASA}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3698|title=Elon Musk, Life to Mars Foundation|work=Mars Now, a weekly column|first=John Carter|last=McKnight|publisher=Space Frontier Foundation|date=25 September 2001}}</ref><ref name=spectrum>{{cite news|title=Risky Business|first=Elon|last=Musk|accessdate=4 December 2017|work=IEEE Spectrum|url=http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/risky-business}}</ref> | + | | 2001 || || Project || {{w|Elon Musk}} conceptualizes "Mars Oasis", a project to land a miniature experimental greenhouse containing seeds with dehydrated gel on Mars to grow plants on {{w|Martian soil}}, "so this would be the furthest that life's ever traveled"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://milesobrien.com/?p=3359|title=Miles O'Brien – Journalist}}</ref> in an attempt to regain public interest in space exploration and increase the {{w|budget of NASA}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3698|title=Elon Musk, Life to Mars Foundation|work=Mars Now, a weekly column|first=John Carter|last=McKnight|publisher=Space Frontier Foundation|date=25 September 2001}}</ref><ref name=spectrum>{{cite news|title=Risky Business|first=Elon|last=Musk|accessdate=4 December 2017|work=IEEE Spectrum|url=http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/risky-business}}</ref> |
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| 2001 || October || || {{w|Elon Musk}} travells to {{w|Moscow with}} aerospace supplies fixer {{w|Jim Cantrell}}, and {{w|Adeo Ressi}} (Musk's best friend from college), to buy refurbished ICBMs ([[w:Dnepr (rocket)|Dnepr]]) that could send payloads into space.<ref name=A&Ssmithsonian201201>{{cite news |url=http://www.airspacemag.com/space/is-spacex-changing-the-rocket-equation-132285884/?no-ist |title=Is SpaceX Changing the Rocket Equation? |author=Andrew Chaikin |work=Air & Space Smithsonian |accessdate=4 December 2017 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/641B56u8L?url=http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Visionary-Launchers-Employees.html?c=y&page=2 |archive-date=December 18, 2011|deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> | | 2001 || October || || {{w|Elon Musk}} travells to {{w|Moscow with}} aerospace supplies fixer {{w|Jim Cantrell}}, and {{w|Adeo Ressi}} (Musk's best friend from college), to buy refurbished ICBMs ([[w:Dnepr (rocket)|Dnepr]]) that could send payloads into space.<ref name=A&Ssmithsonian201201>{{cite news |url=http://www.airspacemag.com/space/is-spacex-changing-the-rocket-equation-132285884/?no-ist |title=Is SpaceX Changing the Rocket Equation? |author=Andrew Chaikin |work=Air & Space Smithsonian |accessdate=4 December 2017 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/641B56u8L?url=http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Visionary-Launchers-Employees.html?c=y&page=2 |archive-date=December 18, 2011|deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2002 || || || {{w|Elon Musk}} launches {{w|SpaceX}}<ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings">{{cite web|title=Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings|url=https://newatlas.com/spacex-pictorial-launches-landings/51517/|website=newatlas.com|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>, with original base established in {{w|El Segundo, California}}.<ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced">{{cite web|title=History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/2915630/history-of-spacex-10-milestones-and-hurdles-the-space-company-has-faced/|website=globalnews.ca|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref> | + | | 2002 || || Foundation || {{w|Elon Musk}} launches {{w|SpaceX}}<ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings">{{cite web|title=Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings|url=https://newatlas.com/spacex-pictorial-launches-landings/51517/|website=newatlas.com|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>, with original base established in {{w|El Segundo, California}}.<ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced">{{cite web|title=History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/2915630/history-of-spacex-10-milestones-and-hurdles-the-space-company-has-faced/|website=globalnews.ca|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2006 || March 24 || Mission || Falcon 1 demo flight 1 is launched from {{w|Omelek Island}}.<ref name="COMPLETED MISSIONS">{{cite web|title=COMPLETED MISSIONS|url=http://www.spacex.com/missions|website=spacex.com|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref> | + | | 2006 || March 24 || Mission || {{w|Falcon 1}} demo flight 1 is launched from {{w|Omelek Island}}.<ref name="COMPLETED MISSIONS">{{cite web|title=COMPLETED MISSIONS|url=http://www.spacex.com/missions|website=spacex.com|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2007 || March 20 || || Falcon 1 demo flight 2 is launched from {{w|Omelek Island}}.<ref name="COMPLETED MISSIONS"/> | + | | 2007 || March 20 || Mission || {{w|Falcon 1}} demo flight 2 is launched from {{w|Omelek Island}}.<ref name="COMPLETED MISSIONS"/> |
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| − | | 2008 || August 2 || || Falcon 1 is launched from {{w|Omelek Island}} as mission for the {{w|United States Government}}, ATSB and {{w|NASA}}.<ref name="COMPLETED MISSIONS"/> | + | | 2008 || August 2 || Mission || {{w|Falcon 1}} is launched from {{w|Omelek Island}} as mission for the {{w|United States Government}}, ATSB and {{w|NASA}}.<ref name="COMPLETED MISSIONS"/> |
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| − | | 2008 || September 28 || || Spacex achieves the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit ([[w:Falcon 1|Falcon 1 Flight 4]]).<ref name="THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX">{{cite web|title=THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX|url=https://www.yaabot.com/8479/rise-rise-spacex/|website=yaabot.com|accessdate=4 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> | + | | 2008 || September 28 || Mission || Spacex achieves the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit ([[w:Falcon 1|Falcon 1 Flight 4]]).<ref name="THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX">{{cite web|title=THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX|url=https://www.yaabot.com/8479/rise-rise-spacex/|website=yaabot.com|accessdate=4 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> |
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| − | | 2008 || December || || {{w|NASA}} awards SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract for US$1.6 billion.<ref>{{cite web|title=NASA Awards Space Station Commercial Resupply Services Contracts|url=https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/dec/HQ_C08-069_ISS_Resupply.html|website=nasa.gov|accessdate=6 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> | + | | 2008 || December || Contract || {{w|NASA}} awards SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract for US$1.6 billion.<ref>{{cite web|title=NASA Awards Space Station Commercial Resupply Services Contracts|url=https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/dec/HQ_C08-069_ISS_Resupply.html|website=nasa.gov|accessdate=6 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> |
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| − | | 2009 || July || || Falcon 1 Flight 5 becomes the first privately developed liquid fuel rocket to deliver a commercial satellite to Earth orbit.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> | + | | 2009 || July || Mission || {{w|Falcon}} 1 Flight 5 becomes the first privately developed liquid fuel rocket to deliver a commercial satellite to Earth orbit.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> |
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| − | | 2010 || June || || {{w|Falcon 9}} meets 100% of mission objectives on the first flight.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> | + | | 2010 || June || Statistics || {{w|Falcon 9}} meets 100% of mission objectives on the first flight.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> |
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| − | | 2010 || December 8 || || {{w|SpaceX Dragon}} becomes the first privately developed spacecraft in history to re-enter from low-Earth orbit.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> | + | | 2010 || December 8 || Mission || {{w|SpaceX Dragon}} becomes the first privately developed spacecraft in history to re-enter from low-Earth orbit.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> |
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| − | | 2010 || December 9 || || Spacex becomes the first privately funded company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft ({{w|Falcon 9 Flight 2}}).<ref name="THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX"/><ref name="MAKING HISTORY">{{cite web|title=MAKING HISTORY|url=http://www.spacex.com/about|website=spacex.com|accessdate=6 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/><ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> | + | | 2010 || December 9 || Mission || Spacex becomes the first privately funded company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft ({{w|Falcon 9 Flight 2}}).<ref name="THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX"/><ref name="MAKING HISTORY">{{cite web|title=MAKING HISTORY|url=http://www.spacex.com/about|website=spacex.com|accessdate=6 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/><ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> |
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| − | | 2011 || || || Spacex announces [[w:Grasshopper (rocket)|Grasshopper]] program to develop reusable rockets.<ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> | + | | 2011 || || Program || Spacex announces [[w:Grasshopper (rocket)|Grasshopper]] program to develop reusable rockets.<ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> |
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| 2012 || May || || Spacex becomes the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station ({{w|Falcon 9 Flight 3}}).<ref name="THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX"/><ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/><ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/><ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> | | 2012 || May || || Spacex becomes the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station ({{w|Falcon 9 Flight 3}}).<ref name="THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX"/><ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/><ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/><ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> | ||
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| − | | 2012 || October || || SpaceX's robotic Dragon capsule makes its first resupply mission to the {{w|International Space Station}}, bringing 1,000 lbs of food and cargo to the astronauts on board.<ref>{{cite web|title=How SpaceX's First Space Station Cargo Mission Will Work|url=https://www.space.com/17926-spacex-dragon-capsule-cargo-mission-explained.html|website=space.com|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> | + | | 2012 || October || Mission || SpaceX's robotic Dragon capsule makes its first resupply mission to the {{w|International Space Station}}, bringing 1,000 lbs of food and cargo to the astronauts on board.<ref>{{cite web|title=How SpaceX's First Space Station Cargo Mission Will Work|url=https://www.space.com/17926-spacex-dragon-capsule-cargo-mission-explained.html|website=space.com|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> |
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| − | | 2013 || March || || SpaceX completes the first 24-storey test flight of a newly developed rocket, the [[w:Grasshopper (rocket)|Grasshopper]]. Meant to be a prototype for a reusable rocket into space, it safely returns to Earth, landing upright.<ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> | + | | 2013 || March || Mission || SpaceX completes the first 24-storey test flight of a newly developed rocket, the [[w:Grasshopper (rocket)|Grasshopper]]. Meant to be a prototype for a reusable rocket into space, it safely returns to Earth, landing upright.<ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> |
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| − | | 2013 || October || || The [[w:Grasshopper (rocket)|Grasshopper]] program finishes with a 744m flight, hover, and landing.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> | + | | 2013 || October || Mission || The [[w:Grasshopper (rocket)|Grasshopper]] program finishes with a 744m flight, hover, and landing.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> |
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| − | | 2013 || December || || {{w|NASA}} selects Spacex to lease a historic launch pad for the company's commercial rockets. The agreement would allow the spaceflight company to lease the historic [[w:Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|Pad 39A]] at {{w|Kennedy Space Center}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceX to Lease Historic NASA Launch Pad|url=https://www.space.com/23963-spacex-leases-historic-nasa-launch-pad.html|website=space.com|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=HANLEY FRANK|first1=BLAIR|title=NASA chooses SpaceX for launchpad lease, passing over Bezos-backed Blue Origin|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2013/blue-origin-loses-protest-nasa-launch-pad-contract/|website=geekwire.com|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceX beats off Bezos' rocket for rights to historic NASA launch pad|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/14/spacex_historic_nasa_launch_pad/|website=theregister.co.uk|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Leone|first1=Dan|title=NASA Negotiating Pad Lease with SpaceX after GAO Rejects Blue Origin Protest|url=http://spacenews.com/38660nasa-negotiating-pad-lease-with-spacex-after-gao-rejects-blue-origin/|website=spacenews.com|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon founder Bezos' space company loses challenge over NASA launch pad|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-launchpad/amazon-founder-bezos-space-company-loses-challenge-over-nasa-launch-pad-idUSBRE9BB1CI20131213|website=reuters.com|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceX wins NASA’s nod to take over historic Launch Pad 39A SHARE Share Tweet Email Print|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/science/spacex-wins-nasas-nod-take-over-historic-launch-pad-39a-2d11741834|website=nbcnews.com|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref> | + | | 2013 || December || Contract || {{w|NASA}} selects Spacex to lease a historic launch pad for the company's commercial rockets. The agreement would allow the spaceflight company to lease the historic [[w:Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|Pad 39A]] at {{w|Kennedy Space Center}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceX to Lease Historic NASA Launch Pad|url=https://www.space.com/23963-spacex-leases-historic-nasa-launch-pad.html|website=space.com|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=HANLEY FRANK|first1=BLAIR|title=NASA chooses SpaceX for launchpad lease, passing over Bezos-backed Blue Origin|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2013/blue-origin-loses-protest-nasa-launch-pad-contract/|website=geekwire.com|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceX beats off Bezos' rocket for rights to historic NASA launch pad|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/14/spacex_historic_nasa_launch_pad/|website=theregister.co.uk|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Leone|first1=Dan|title=NASA Negotiating Pad Lease with SpaceX after GAO Rejects Blue Origin Protest|url=http://spacenews.com/38660nasa-negotiating-pad-lease-with-spacex-after-gao-rejects-blue-origin/|website=spacenews.com|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon founder Bezos' space company loses challenge over NASA launch pad|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-launchpad/amazon-founder-bezos-space-company-loses-challenge-over-nasa-launch-pad-idUSBRE9BB1CI20131213|website=reuters.com|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceX wins NASA’s nod to take over historic Launch Pad 39A SHARE Share Tweet Email Print|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/science/spacex-wins-nasas-nod-take-over-historic-launch-pad-39a-2d11741834|website=nbcnews.com|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2013 || December 3 || || Spacex becomes the first private company to send a satellite into geosynchronous orbit ({{w|Falcon 9 Flight 7}}).<ref name="THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX"/> | + | | 2013 || December 3 || Mission || Spacex becomes the first private company to send a satellite into geosynchronous orbit ({{w|Falcon 9 Flight 7}}).<ref name="THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX"/> |
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| − | | 2013 || December || || {{w|Falcon 9}} reaches {{w|Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit}}.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> | + | | 2013 || December || Mission || {{w|Falcon 9}} reaches {{w|Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit}}.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> |
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| − | | 2014 || April || || {{w|Falcon 9}} first stage lands on barge in ocean, but is destroyed by heavy seas.<ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> | + | | 2014 || April || Mission || {{w|Falcon 9}} first stage lands on barge in ocean, but is destroyed by heavy seas.<ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> |
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| − | | 2014 || June || || {{w|Falcon 9}} reusable test vehicle flies 1000 meters.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> | + | | 2014 || June || Mission || {{w|Falcon 9}} reusable test vehicle flies 1000 meters.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> |
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| − | | 2014 || September || || {{w|NASA}} awards SpaceX a US$2.6 billion contract to fly American astronauts, and announces that SpaceX and {{w|Boeing}} will be the two companies developing spacecraft to send astronauts to the {{w|International Space Station}}. SpaceX’s crew capsule is called the [[w:Dragon 2|Dragon V2]].<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> | + | | 2014 || September || Contract || {{w|NASA}} awards SpaceX a US$2.6 billion contract to fly American astronauts, and announces that SpaceX and {{w|Boeing}} will be the two companies developing spacecraft to send astronauts to the {{w|International Space Station}}. SpaceX’s crew capsule is called the [[w:Dragon 2|Dragon V2]].<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> |
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| − | | 2015 || January || || SpaceX begins a series of first stage landing attempts of its Falcon 9 rocket on an {{w|autonomous spaceport drone ship}}.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> The rocket crashes and burns.<ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> | + | | 2015 || January || Mission || SpaceX begins a series of first stage landing attempts of its Falcon 9 rocket on an {{w|autonomous spaceport drone ship}}.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> The rocket crashes and burns.<ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> |
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| − | | 2015 || May || || Crew Dragon tests launch abort system, an emergency escape measure designed to pull the crew capsule free of its Falcon 9 rocket in the event of a launch failure.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceX Tests 'Revolutionary' Dragon Launch Escape System to Save Astronauts|url=https://www.space.com/29329-spacex-tests-dragon-launch-abort-system.html|website=space.com|accessdate=6 December 2017}}</ref> | + | | 2015 || May || Test || Crew Dragon tests launch abort system, an emergency escape measure designed to pull the crew capsule free of its Falcon 9 rocket in the event of a launch failure.<ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceX Tests 'Revolutionary' Dragon Launch Escape System to Save Astronauts|url=https://www.space.com/29329-spacex-tests-dragon-launch-abort-system.html|website=space.com|accessdate=6 December 2017}}</ref> |
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| 2015 || June || || A {{w|Falcon9}} rocket explodes during takeoff.<ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> | | 2015 || June || || A {{w|Falcon9}} rocket explodes during takeoff.<ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/> | ||
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| − | | 2015 || December 22 || || Spacex achieves the first landing of an orbital rocket's first stage on land ({{w|Falcon 9 Flight 20}}).<ref name="THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX"/><ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/><ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/><ref name="TIMELINE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF SPACEX’S REUSABLE ROCKET LAUNCHES"/> | + | | 2015 || December 22 || Mission || Spacex achieves the first landing of an orbital rocket's first stage on land ({{w|Falcon 9 Flight 20}}).<ref name="THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX"/><ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/><ref name="History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced"/><ref name="TIMELINE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF SPACEX’S REUSABLE ROCKET LAUNCHES"/> |
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| − | | 2016 || January 17 || || SpaceX launches the {{w|Jason-3}} satellite for {{w|NASA}}, which plans to measure the height of the ocean surface, aboard a {{w|Falcon 9}} rocket. The first stage lands at a good speed, but one of the legs wouldn't latch, causing it to fall over and subsequently explode.<ref name="TIMELINE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF SPACEX’S REUSABLE ROCKET LAUNCHES">{{cite web|last1=ZIV|first1=STAV|title=TIMELINE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF SPACEX’S REUSABLE ROCKET LAUNCHES|url=http://www.newsweek.com/spacex-timeline-brief-history-reusable-rocket-launches-417944|website=newsweek.com|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref> | + | | 2016 || January 17 || Mission || SpaceX launches the {{w|Jason-3}} satellite for {{w|NASA}}, which plans to measure the height of the ocean surface, aboard a {{w|Falcon 9}} rocket. The first stage lands at a good speed, but one of the legs wouldn't latch, causing it to fall over and subsequently explode.<ref name="TIMELINE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF SPACEX’S REUSABLE ROCKET LAUNCHES">{{cite web|last1=ZIV|first1=STAV|title=TIMELINE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF SPACEX’S REUSABLE ROCKET LAUNCHES|url=http://www.newsweek.com/spacex-timeline-brief-history-reusable-rocket-launches-417944|website=newsweek.com|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2016 || April 8 || || Spacex achieves the first landing of an orbital rocket's first stage on an ocean platform ({{w|Falcon 9 Flight 23}}).<ref name="THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX"/><ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> | + | | 2016 || April 8 || Mission || Spacex achieves the first landing of an orbital rocket's first stage on an ocean platform ({{w|Falcon 9 Flight 23}}).<ref name="THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX"/><ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/><ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> |
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| − | | 2017 || March 30 || || Spacex achieves the first controlled flyback and recovery of a payload fairing ([[w:SES-10|Falcon 9 Flight 32]])<ref name="fairingrec">{{cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2017/04/01/spacex-nose-cone-falcon9/ |title=SpaceX, In Another First, Recovers $6 Million Nose Cone From Reused Falcon 9 |publisher=Fortune.com |accessdate=4 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> | + | | 2017 || March 30 || Mission || Spacex achieves the first controlled flyback and recovery of a payload fairing ([[w:SES-10|Falcon 9 Flight 32]])<ref name="fairingrec">{{cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2017/04/01/spacex-nose-cone-falcon9/ |title=SpaceX, In Another First, Recovers $6 Million Nose Cone From Reused Falcon 9 |publisher=Fortune.com |accessdate=4 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> |
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| − | | 2017 || June 3 || || Spacex launches the first reflight of a commercial cargo spacecraft ([[w:CRS-11|Falcon 9 Flight 35]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spacex.com/webcast|title=ZUMA MISSION|first=|last=spacexcmsadmin|date=4 December 2017|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> | + | | 2017 || June 3 || Mission || Spacex launches the first reflight of a commercial cargo spacecraft ([[w:CRS-11|Falcon 9 Flight 35]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spacex.com/webcast|title=ZUMA MISSION|first=|last=spacexcmsadmin|date=4 December 2017|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="MAKING HISTORY"/> |
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| − | | 2017 || June || || Refurbished {{w|SpaceX Dragon}} ship flies to the {{w|International Space Station}}, becoming the first time the same unmanned spacecraft has returned to the station.<ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> | + | | 2017 || June || Mission || Refurbished {{w|SpaceX Dragon}} ship flies to the {{w|International Space Station}}, becoming the first time the same unmanned spacecraft has returned to the station.<ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> |
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| − | | 2017 || September || || New rocket booster, the [[w:BFR (rocket)|BFR rocket]] is announced, along with updated plans for {{w|Mars colonization}}.<ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> | + | | 2017 || September || Technology || New rocket booster, the [[w:BFR (rocket)|BFR rocket]] is announced, along with updated plans for {{w|Mars colonization}}.<ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> |
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| 2017 || September 7 || Mission || SpaceX’s {{w|Falcon 9}} successfully launches the [[w:Boeing X-37|Orbital Test Vehicle 5]] (OTV-5) payload from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's {{w|Kennedy Space Center}} in Florida.<ref>{{cite web|title=OTV-5 MISSION|url=http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/09/07/otv-5-mission|website=spacex.com|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rocket Launch: September 7, 2017 9:50 am SpaceX Falcon 9 OTV-5|url=https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/2017/september/rocket-launch-spacex-otv-5|website=kennedyspacecenter.com|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Live coverage: Falcon 9 blasts off with X-37B mini-shuttle|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/09/07/falcon-9-otv-5-mission-status-center/|website=spaceflightnow.com|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref> | | 2017 || September 7 || Mission || SpaceX’s {{w|Falcon 9}} successfully launches the [[w:Boeing X-37|Orbital Test Vehicle 5]] (OTV-5) payload from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's {{w|Kennedy Space Center}} in Florida.<ref>{{cite web|title=OTV-5 MISSION|url=http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/09/07/otv-5-mission|website=spacex.com|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rocket Launch: September 7, 2017 9:50 am SpaceX Falcon 9 OTV-5|url=https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/2017/september/rocket-launch-spacex-otv-5|website=kennedyspacecenter.com|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Live coverage: Falcon 9 blasts off with X-37B mini-shuttle|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/09/07/falcon-9-otv-5-mission-status-center/|website=spaceflightnow.com|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| 2017 || October 30 || Mission || SpaceX {{w|Falcon 9}} rocket launches from Cape Canaveral and successfully delivers South Korean satellite {{w|Koreasat 5A}} to its designated orbit, marking the the company’s 16th successful mission of the year — twice the number of successful missions in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rocket Launch: Monday, October 30, 2017 3:34 p.m. |url=https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/2017/october/rocket-launch-spacex-falcon-9-koreasat-5a|website=kennedyspacecenter.com|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=O'Kane|first1=Sean|title=SpaceX lands the 13th Falcon 9 rocket of the year in flames|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/30/16570874/spacex-falcon-9-watch-koreasat-launch|website=theverge.com|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Falcon 9 launch timeline with Koreasat 5A|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/10/30/falcon-9-launch-timeline-with-koreasat-5a/|website=spaceflightnow.com|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="COMPLETED MISSIONS"/> | | 2017 || October 30 || Mission || SpaceX {{w|Falcon 9}} rocket launches from Cape Canaveral and successfully delivers South Korean satellite {{w|Koreasat 5A}} to its designated orbit, marking the the company’s 16th successful mission of the year — twice the number of successful missions in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rocket Launch: Monday, October 30, 2017 3:34 p.m. |url=https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/2017/october/rocket-launch-spacex-falcon-9-koreasat-5a|website=kennedyspacecenter.com|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=O'Kane|first1=Sean|title=SpaceX lands the 13th Falcon 9 rocket of the year in flames|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/30/16570874/spacex-falcon-9-watch-koreasat-launch|website=theverge.com|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Falcon 9 launch timeline with Koreasat 5A|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/10/30/falcon-9-launch-timeline-with-koreasat-5a/|website=spaceflightnow.com|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="COMPLETED MISSIONS"/> | ||
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| − | | 2017 || November || || SpaceX plans launch of the most powerful rocket since the {{w|Saturn V}} last left for the moon in 1973.<ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> | + | | 2017 || November || Program || SpaceX plans launch of the most powerful rocket since the {{w|Saturn V}} last left for the moon in 1973.<ref name="Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings"/> |
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| 2017 || December 22 || Mission || SpaceX {{w|Falcon 9}} rocket launches from {{w|Vandenberg Air Force Base}} in {{w|California}} with 10 next-generation {{w|Iridium Communications}} satellites (fourth flight).<ref name="COMPLETED MISSIONS"/> | | 2017 || December 22 || Mission || SpaceX {{w|Falcon 9}} rocket launches from {{w|Vandenberg Air Force Base}} in {{w|California}} with 10 next-generation {{w|Iridium Communications}} satellites (fourth flight).<ref name="COMPLETED MISSIONS"/> | ||
Revision as of 15:22, 4 March 2018
This is a timeline of Spacex.
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| 2006–2009 | Early period of Spacex, which involves the development of Falcon 1, an expendable launch system. Five missions are completed in this period, all of them launched in Kwajalein Atoll. |
| 2010–2013 | Spacex Dragon is introduced, and becomes the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to be recovered successfully from orbit.[1] SpaceX becomes the first private company to launch a payload into orbit and return it to Earth intact. Cape Canaveral becomes Spacex's main launch site. |
| 2014–2016 | Strong period of growth. In 2014 SpaceX scheduled 14 launches, one more than it had done from 2006 through 2013. In 2014, SpaceX also began construction on its own spaceport in South Texas.[2] In 2015, Spacex made progress with landing and reusing unmanned rockets. In 2016, Spacex was on the list due to the discovery of the first step towards decreasing the costs of spaceflights.[3] In 2017, Spacex more than doubled the number of completed missions achieved in 2016. |
Full timeline
| Year | Month and date | Event type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Project | Elon Musk conceptualizes "Mars Oasis", a project to land a miniature experimental greenhouse containing seeds with dehydrated gel on Mars to grow plants on Martian soil, "so this would be the furthest that life's ever traveled"[4] in an attempt to regain public interest in space exploration and increase the budget of NASA.[5][6] | |
| 2001 | October | Elon Musk travells to Moscow with aerospace supplies fixer Jim Cantrell, and Adeo Ressi (Musk's best friend from college), to buy refurbished ICBMs (Dnepr) that could send payloads into space.[7] | |
| 2002 | Foundation | Elon Musk launches SpaceX[8], with original base established in El Segundo, California.[9] | |
| 2006 | March 24 | Mission | Falcon 1 demo flight 1 is launched from Omelek Island.[10] |
| 2007 | March 20 | Mission | Falcon 1 demo flight 2 is launched from Omelek Island.[10] |
| 2008 | August 2 | Mission | Falcon 1 is launched from Omelek Island as mission for the United States Government, ATSB and NASA.[10] |
| 2008 | September 28 | Mission | Spacex achieves the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit (Falcon 1 Flight 4).[11][8] |
| 2008 | December | Contract | NASA awards SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract for US$1.6 billion.[12][13] |
| 2009 | July | Mission | Falcon 1 Flight 5 becomes the first privately developed liquid fuel rocket to deliver a commercial satellite to Earth orbit.[13][8] |
| 2010 | June | Statistics | Falcon 9 meets 100% of mission objectives on the first flight.[13][8] |
| 2010 | December 8 | Mission | SpaceX Dragon becomes the first privately developed spacecraft in history to re-enter from low-Earth orbit.[13] |
| 2010 | December 9 | Mission | Spacex becomes the first privately funded company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft (Falcon 9 Flight 2).[11][13][8][9] |
| 2011 | Program | Spacex announces Grasshopper program to develop reusable rockets.[8] | |
| 2012 | May | Spacex becomes the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station (Falcon 9 Flight 3).[11][13][8][9][9] | |
| 2012 | October | Mission | SpaceX's robotic Dragon capsule makes its first resupply mission to the International Space Station, bringing 1,000 lbs of food and cargo to the astronauts on board.[14][9] |
| 2013 | March | Mission | SpaceX completes the first 24-storey test flight of a newly developed rocket, the Grasshopper. Meant to be a prototype for a reusable rocket into space, it safely returns to Earth, landing upright.[9] |
| 2013 | October | Mission | The Grasshopper program finishes with a 744m flight, hover, and landing.[13] |
| 2013 | December | Contract | NASA selects Spacex to lease a historic launch pad for the company's commercial rockets. The agreement would allow the spaceflight company to lease the historic Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.[15][16][17][18][19][20] |
| 2013 | December 3 | Mission | Spacex becomes the first private company to send a satellite into geosynchronous orbit (Falcon 9 Flight 7).[11] |
| 2013 | December | Mission | Falcon 9 reaches Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.[13][8] |
| 2014 | April | Mission | Falcon 9 first stage lands on barge in ocean, but is destroyed by heavy seas.[8] |
| 2014 | June | Mission | Falcon 9 reusable test vehicle flies 1000 meters.[13] |
| 2014 | September | Contract | NASA awards SpaceX a US$2.6 billion contract to fly American astronauts, and announces that SpaceX and Boeing will be the two companies developing spacecraft to send astronauts to the International Space Station. SpaceX’s crew capsule is called the Dragon V2.[13][9] |
| 2015 | January | Mission | SpaceX begins a series of first stage landing attempts of its Falcon 9 rocket on an autonomous spaceport drone ship.[13] The rocket crashes and burns.[9] |
| 2015 | May | Test | Crew Dragon tests launch abort system, an emergency escape measure designed to pull the crew capsule free of its Falcon 9 rocket in the event of a launch failure.[13][21] |
| 2015 | June | A Falcon9 rocket explodes during takeoff.[9] | |
| 2015 | December 22 | Mission | Spacex achieves the first landing of an orbital rocket's first stage on land (Falcon 9 Flight 20).[11][13][8][9][22] |
| 2016 | January 17 | Mission | SpaceX launches the Jason-3 satellite for NASA, which plans to measure the height of the ocean surface, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The first stage lands at a good speed, but one of the legs wouldn't latch, causing it to fall over and subsequently explode.[22] |
| 2016 | April 8 | Mission | Spacex achieves the first landing of an orbital rocket's first stage on an ocean platform (Falcon 9 Flight 23).[11][13][8] |
| 2017 | March 30 | Mission | Spacex achieves the first controlled flyback and recovery of a payload fairing (Falcon 9 Flight 32)[23][13] |
| 2017 | June 3 | Mission | Spacex launches the first reflight of a commercial cargo spacecraft (Falcon 9 Flight 35).[24][13] |
| 2017 | June | Mission | Refurbished SpaceX Dragon ship flies to the International Space Station, becoming the first time the same unmanned spacecraft has returned to the station.[8] |
| 2017 | September | Technology | New rocket booster, the BFR rocket is announced, along with updated plans for Mars colonization.[8] |
| 2017 | September 7 | Mission | SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launches the Orbital Test Vehicle 5 (OTV-5) payload from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.[25][26][27] |
| 2017 | October 9 | Mission | SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with 10 next-generation Iridium communications satellites (Third flight).[28][29][30] |
| 2017 | October 11 | Mission | SpaceX successfully launches the EchoStar 105/SES-11 payload from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The satellite is deployed approximately 36 minutes after liftoff into its targeted orbit.[31][32][33] |
| 2017 | October 30 | Mission | SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral and successfully delivers South Korean satellite Koreasat 5A to its designated orbit, marking the the company’s 16th successful mission of the year — twice the number of successful missions in 2016.[34][35][36][10] |
| 2017 | November | Program | SpaceX plans launch of the most powerful rocket since the Saturn V last left for the moon in 1973.[8] |
| 2017 | December 22 | Mission | SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with 10 next-generation Iridium Communications satellites (fourth flight).[10] |
| 2018 | February 6 | Mission | SpaceX successfully conducts a test launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket carrying aboard a Tesla Roadster and “Starman”, a dummy in a SpaceX spacesuit.[37] |
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References
- ↑ "10 things to know about spacex". time.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ↑ Vance, Ashlee. Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ Novo Melo, Pedro; Machado, Carolina. Management and Technological Challenges in the Digital Age. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "Miles O'Brien – Journalist".
- ↑ McKnight, John Carter (25 September 2001). "Elon Musk, Life to Mars Foundation". Mars Now, a weekly column. Space Frontier Foundation.
- ↑ Musk, Elon. "Risky Business". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ Andrew Chaikin. "Is SpaceX Changing the Rocket Equation?". Air & Space Smithsonian. Archived from the original on December 18, 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 "Fire and fury: A pictorial history of SpaceX's spectacular launches and landings". newatlas.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 "History of SpaceX: 10 milestones and hurdles the space company has faced". globalnews.ca. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "COMPLETED MISSIONS". spacex.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 "THE RISE AND RISE OF SPACEX". yaabot.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ "NASA Awards Space Station Commercial Resupply Services Contracts". nasa.gov. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 "MAKING HISTORY". spacex.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ↑ "How SpaceX's First Space Station Cargo Mission Will Work". space.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ "SpaceX to Lease Historic NASA Launch Pad". space.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ↑ HANLEY FRANK, BLAIR. "NASA chooses SpaceX for launchpad lease, passing over Bezos-backed Blue Origin". geekwire.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ↑ "SpaceX beats off Bezos' rocket for rights to historic NASA launch pad". theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ↑ Leone, Dan. "NASA Negotiating Pad Lease with SpaceX after GAO Rejects Blue Origin Protest". spacenews.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ↑ "Amazon founder Bezos' space company loses challenge over NASA launch pad". reuters.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ↑ "SpaceX wins NASA's nod to take over historic Launch Pad 39A SHARE Share Tweet Email Print". nbcnews.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ↑ "SpaceX Tests 'Revolutionary' Dragon Launch Escape System to Save Astronauts". space.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 ZIV, STAV. "TIMELINE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF SPACEX'S REUSABLE ROCKET LAUNCHES". newsweek.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ "SpaceX, In Another First, Recovers $6 Million Nose Cone From Reused Falcon 9". Fortune.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ spacexcmsadmin (4 December 2017). "ZUMA MISSION".
- ↑ "OTV-5 MISSION". spacex.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "Rocket Launch: September 7, 2017 9:50 am SpaceX Falcon 9 OTV-5". kennedyspacecenter.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "Live coverage: Falcon 9 blasts off with X-37B mini-shuttle". spaceflightnow.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "SpaceX static fires Falcon 9 for Iridium 3, Vandenberg manifest realigns". nasaspaceflight.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California, lands in Pacific". spaceflightnow.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "SpaceX Drone Ships Return to Home Ports with More & Less Used Falcon 9 Rockets". spaceflight101.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "Rocket Launch: October 11, 2017 6:53 PM". kennedyspacecenter.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "SpaceX just landed the 12th Falcon 9 rocket of 2017". theverge.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "ECHOSTAR 105/SES-11 MISSION". spacex.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "Rocket Launch: Monday, October 30, 2017 3:34 p.m.". kennedyspacecenter.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ O'Kane, Sean. "SpaceX lands the 13th Falcon 9 rocket of the year in flames". theverge.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "Falcon 9 launch timeline with Koreasat 5A". spaceflightnow.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "Live Feed Shows SpaceX "Starman" Traveling Through Space in a Tesla". inverse.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
