Date Created: November 20, 2022
SpaceX Interesting Key Facts
- In December 2015, Falcon 9 V1.2 Full Thrust, was the first launch vehicle on an orbital trajectory to successfully vertically land a first stage.
- On February 06, 2018, SpaceX launched a Tesla Roadster into Space.
- The Tesla Roadster that was launched into space by SpaceX was Elon Musk’s personal vehicle that he used to travel to work.
- In April 2018, SpaceX launched a large space telescope named TESS intended to wild search exoplanets transiting nearby stars.
- TESS was also the first launched scientific satellite of SpaceX.
- For the fourth flight of Falcon 1, SpaceX pulled in all their remaining resources for the possible last launch. Had the fourth flight of Falcon 1 failed, it was possible that SpaceX would have ceased to exist.
- On August 04 2022, photos of Tesla’s customers were launched into space by SpaceX.
- SpaceX was the first one to launch a commercial civilian space flight! This makes you wonder how space flights would take form in the coming years.
- As the first private company, SpaceX’s biggest achievement was to fly cargo to the International Space Station. Previously, only government agencies are only allowed to.
- Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, Inc and subsequently SpaceX, is the richest person in the world.
- Elon Musk founded and built SpaceX first before becoming the CEO of Tesla
- Elon Musk used the money he earned when eBay bought Paypal to fund SpaceX with $100 million.
- Elon Musk is not the founder of Tesla. He invested $6.5 million in a round of investment in February 2004 and became one of the major share holders of the company.
Source: NBC News, CNN, NASA, Universe Today, SpaceX, NBC News, Bloomberg
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