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SpaceX caught a returning Super Heavy booster on its first attempt.
During Starship’s fifth flight test, the launch tower caught the returning booster with its mechanical arms.
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Engineer and entrepreneur
PHOTO: Debbie Rowe / The Royal Society / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Led teams that moved electric vehicles, reusable rockets, commercial spacecraft, and large-scale manufacturing into working systems.
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The SpaceX and NASA teams launched astronauts aboard Crew Dragon.
Demo-2 was the first time astronauts launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated crew spacecraft.
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The Dragon spacecraft delivered cargo to the International Space Station.
Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to exchange cargo with the station.
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Led Tesla product development through the Roadster debut.
The Roadster was Tesla’s first production vehicle and was followed by the Model S, Model X, Model 3, and Model Y.
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The SpaceX team put Falcon 1 into Earth orbit.
Falcon 1 became the first privately developed liquid-fuel rocket to reach Earth orbit. Musk served as SpaceX lead designer and chief engineer.