All about SpaceX rockets

Learn all about the rockets of SpaceX, the company of technology billionaire Elon Musk.
SpaceX was founded by famous technology billionaire Elon Musk in 2002 (also CEO of Tesla Motors). Since then, it has been surprising over the past 18 years with reusable rockets - making access to space cheaper with manned missions to the International Space Station (ISS)..
Learn about the evolution of SpaceX rockets:
Falcon 1
Falcon 9
Grasshopper

Falcon Heavy

In the heavyweight style, the Falcon Heavy is capable of putting 63.8 tons in orbit, against 22.8 tons of the recent version of Falcon 9. Its first flight was made in 2018, sending the Red Tesla Roadster driven by a mannequin into space. space suit, to the sound of “Life on Mars” by David Bowie..
Crew Dragon

Designed to carry up to seven crew members for missions to Earth orbit, Crew Dragon is not classified as a rocket, but as a capsule. In May 2020 it took astronauts Behnken and Doug Hurley to the ISS. Like the Falcon 9, it lands in the ocean with the aid of parachutes.
Starship

Posted in: 05/03/2021
Last modified: 08/07/2025
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