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Elon Reeve Musk FRS (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n /; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and investor known for his key roles in the space company SpaceX and the automotive company Tesla, Inc. Other involvements include ownership of X Corp. , the company that operates the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) , and his role in the founding of ...
As of September 2014, eBay has acquired over 40 companies, the most expensive of which was the purchase of Skype, a Voice over Internet Protocol company, for US$ 2.6 billion in cash plus up to an additional US$1.5 billion if certain performance goals were met. [ 2] The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States.
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. is a British-American spaceflight company founded by Richard Branson and the Virgin Group conglomerate which retains an 11.9% stake through Virgin Investments Limited. [ 2] It is headquartered in California, and operates from New Mexico. The company develops commercial spacecraft and provides suborbital ...
Private spaceflight companies include non-governmental or privately-owned entities focused on developing and/or offering equipment and services geared towards spaceflight, both robotic and human. This list includes both inactive and active entities. List of abbreviations used in this article. LEO: Low Earth orbit.
Space Launch System (2022-present) RS1 (2023-present) Terran 1 (2023) SpaceX Starship (2023-present) Vulcan Centaur (2024-present) New Glenn (Under development, expected 2024) Rocket 4 (Under development, expected 2025) Neutron (Under development, expected 2025) Red Dwarf (Under development, expected 2024) Terran R (Under development, expected ...
55244. Website. blueorigin.com. Blue Origin Enterprises, L.P., [ 2] commonly referred to as Blue Origin[ 3] is an American aerospace manufacturer, government contractor, launch service provider, [ 4][ 5] and space technologies [ 6] company headquartered in Kent, Washington, United States.
www.rocketshiptours.com. RocketShip Tours is an American space tourism company founded in 2008 by travel industry entrepreneur Jules Klar and which planned to provide sub-orbital human spaceflights to the paying public, in partnership [1] with rocketplane developer XCOR Aerospace. Klar created RocketShip Tours to act as General Sales Agent for ...
A space rock the size of a cruise liner will closely pass Earth in April 2029. While the asteroid Apophis won’t hit Earth, two spacecraft may tag along. A cruise liner-size asteroid will come ...