SpaceX By amylpemberton Jun 16, 2002 Founded by Elon Musk Sep 28, 2008 The first privately funded, liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit Jun 16, 2009 SpaceX announced the opening of its Astronaut Safety and Mission Assurance Department hired former NASA astronaut Ken Bowersox to oversee the department as a vice president of the company Dec 9, 2010 successfully launched Falcon 9 into orbit and recover spacecraft Dragon May 25, 2012 Space craft Dragon brought supplies to ISS Dec 3, 2013 first private company to send a satellite into geosynchronous orbit Dec 22, 2015 first landing of a first stage orbital capable rocket - Falcon 9 Depolyed 11 communication satelites for Orbcomm Apr 9, 2016 first water landing of a first stage orbital capable rocket - Falcon 9
