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SpaceX

American rocket and spacecraft company founded by Elon Musk in 2002.

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Dates
2002 –
Also known as
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Over time
  1. Active 2002 –
  2. CEO Elon Musk May 2002 –

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. was founded by Elon Musk in 2002. In 2006 NASA chose it for the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.

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board members

  • Kimbal Musk Primary record 345

    Tesla's filings list him as a SpaceX director in January 2010 and April 2019, and the Sunday Times said so in December 2024. No start date is given.

contracts from

  • NASA 18 Aug 2006 $278M, Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration Primary record 67

    A funded Space Act Agreement with milestone payments rather than a conventional procurement contract.

Timeline 4 dates
  1. 2002 – SpaceX
  2. 2002 Elon Musk founded SpaceX
  3. May 2002 – Elon Musk CEO of SpaceX
  4. 18 Aug 2006 NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX
Proof 7 sources
  1. Tesla, Inc. 2025 proxy statement (Schedule 14A), Tesla, 17 Sep 2025. Primary record
    Mr. Musk has also served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, a company which develops and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft (“SpaceX”), since May 2002
  2. SpaceX, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Scholarship & press
  3. Tesla Motors, Inc. registration statement (Form S-1), Tesla, 29 Jan 2010. Primary record
    Steve Jurvetson and Kimbal Musk, two members of our board of directors, are also members of the board of directors of SpaceX.
  4. Tesla, Inc. 2019 proxy statement (Schedule 14A), Tesla, 30 Apr 2019. Primary record
    Kimbal Musk, a member of the Board, is also a member of the board of directors of SpaceX.
  5. Will the richest boykie in the world help his homeys?, Sunday Times, 1 Dec 2024. Scholarship & press
    Errol, who lives in Langebaan on the West Coast, said that for many years Elon and his younger brother Kimbal, who also lives in the US and sits on the boards of Musk’s companies Tesla and SpaceX, had not been interested in investing in South Africa.
  6. Space Act Agreement between NASA and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. for COTS demonstrations (NNJ06TA26A), NASA, 2006. Primary record
    Total funding required from NASA for demonstration of capabilities A-C is $278M
  7. NASA hands out $500m for space wagons, The Register, 18 Aug 2006. Scholarship & press
    If all goes according to plan, SpaceX would earn $278m from NASA, while Rocketplane Kistler would pull in close to $207m.
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