SpaceX
1001-5000 employees Hawthorne, United States
SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk in 2002, is focused on revolutionizing space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling humans to live on other planets. The company designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. It is the first private company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft, the first to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station, and the first to send a manned spacecraft to orbit. SpaceX's achievements include the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy rockets, and the Dragon spacecraft. They're also developing the Starship for missions to Mars and beyond.