Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk in 2002, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company. The company's mission is to reduce space transportation costs and enable the colonization of Mars.
SpaceX has developed the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, the Dragon cargo and crew spacecraft, and the Starlink satellite constellation providing global internet coverage.
The company has achieved numerous firsts in spaceflight, including the first privately funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit, the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station, and the first to land an orbital rocket booster.