SpaceX
Transcript: SpaceX is privately funded. As of May 2012, SpaceX had operated on total funding of approximately $1 billion in its first ten years of operation. In August 2012, NASA signed a $1.6 billion contract with SpaceX to fly 10 more cargo resupply missions to I.S.S. Facilities "About SpaceX." SpaceX. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Jan. 2014. <http://www.spacex.com/about>. "Falcon 9." SpaceX. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Jan. 2014. <http://www.spacex.com/falcon9>. "Falcon Heavy." SpaceX. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Jan. 2014. <http://www.spacex.com/falcon-heavy>. Overview By: Tanjil Momo Grasshopper SpaceX Falcon Heavy World's first reusable rocket. Grasshopper is being developed and tested in order to assist development of the reusable Falcon 9 and reusable Falcon Heavy rockets. SpaceX retired the first Grasshopper test vehicle—Grasshopper v1.0—after making a total of eight successful test flights between September 2012 and October 2013. As of November 2013, the F.A.A. permit to fly Grasshopper in Texas is open until October 2014. Dragon is a free flying vessel Was developed in 2012 Supplies the I.S.S. The Dragon spacecraft is intended to carry up to seven astronauts into orbit and beyond. Dragon was launched on its first operational Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) contract mission on 8 October 2012, and completed the mission successfully on 28 October. On May 2012, Dragon was successfully attached to the international spacecraft. The headquarter is located in Hawthorne, California. Their headquarter was formerly used to build 747s' fuselages. They have two launch facilities; one in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and the other in Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Has two rocket test facilities, the SpaceX Rocket Development and Test Facility in McGregor, Texas and a leased VTVL (vertical takeoff, vertical landing) test facility at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. Falcon 9 Bibliography Paypal Tesla Motors Transports satelites Cost approximately $56.5 million It is powered by 9m Merlin Engines. As of January 2014, SpaceX has made eight launches of the Falcon 9 since 2010, and all eight have successfully delivered their primary payloads to Earth orbit. The first Falcon 9 flight was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 4, 2010, at 2:45 pm • SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. • The company was founded in June 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. • The company has three vehicles, over forty manifest (missions), and over three thousand employees. • The three vehicles that they have are Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Dragon. • The Grasshopper is the world’s first reusable rocket. Funding