Timeline 352
2002
- June. Elon Musk founded the company
- December. 14 employees
2006- March. First failed flight of the Falcon 1
- December. 224 employees
2007- March. Second failed flight of the Falcon
1
2008- August. Third failed flight of the Falcon
1 - September. First successful flight of the
Falcon 1 and becomes the first privately
developed liquid fuel rocket to reach Earth
orbit - December. 618 employees. NASA awards
SpaceX a $1.6 billion Commercial Resup-
ply Services (CRS) contract
2009- July. Last flight of the Falcon 1 and be-
comes the first privately developed liq-
uid fuel rocket to deliver a commercial
satellite to Earth orbit