What is SpaceX trying to accomplish?

SpaceX was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars. SpaceX is also developing Starship, a privately funded, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch system for interplanetary spaceflight.

What is SpaceX planning to do in the future?

SpaceX expects to reach low Earth orbit in 2021, followed by routine flights and demonstration of in-orbit refueling in 2022. A tourist mission around the Moon is planned for 2023. SpaceX has the goal of sending the first uncrewed Starship to Mars in 2024.

What is SpaceX next goal?

SpaceX aims to launch as many as a dozen Starship test flights next year, he said, to complete the “test flight program” and move to launching “real payloads in 2023.” He stressed that creating a mass production line for Starship is crucial to the program’s long-term goals, noting that the current “biggest constraint” …

What is SpaceX currently working on?

Starship is the massive, next-generation rocket SpaceX is developing to launch cargo and people on missions to the moon and Mars. A Starship prototype test fires its six Raptor rocket engines on November 12, 2021 in Boca Chica, Texas.

What do you need to know about SpaceX?

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Where does SpaceX launch its rockets?

It has a factory and a launch site in South Texas, and launch facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (where it launches its reusable rockets) and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (where it lands its reusable rockets) in Florida. It also has a launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU…

Is SpaceX the future of space tourism?

Orbital trips are very much the second phase of space tourism; Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic are only capable of taking people to the edge of space, not into orbit. SpaceX is therefore likely to be about one-off and extremely expensive private orbital and/or lunar expeditions rather than space tourism.

How much money has SpaceX made from space missions?

SpaceX has earned over $12 billion (about £9 billion, AU$17 billion) taking large satellites and military payloads into orbit, and has conducted over 100 launches, including a record-breaking 19 launches in 2018. Don’t confuse Blue Origin’s reusable rockets with those of SpaceX.