Humans on Mars
2026SpaceX's goal is to land two cargo and two crewed Starships on Mars in 2024.
#dearMoon
2024Yasuka Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire, has already bought the first Starship crewed flight to go around the Moon with artists.
Cargo landing on Mars
2024Two cargo Starships will be launched towards Mars to prove that Earth landing technologies also work on Mars.
First orbital launch
2022SpaceX will test Starship in Earth's upper atmosphere, to validate a heat shielding technology and to prove that second stages can also be safely landed and reused.
First stacking of Starship on top of Super Heavy
06 Aug 2021For the first time, the full rocket system was stacked on the Boca Chica launchpad.
First Starship successfuly landing
05 May 2021After 4 failed landing attempts, SpaceX successfuly landed Starship SN15.
Starship Mk1 test failure
20 Nov 2019The first Starship prototype failed during a tank pressurization test. The team then decided to focus their efforts on the Mk3 prototype.
Starship Mk1 presentation
28 Sep 2019SpaceX unveiled its first prototype of the Starship, with the goal of doing a 20km-high flight with it.
Starhopper 150m hop
27 Aug 2019The Starhopper prototype made a 150 meters hop, allowing SpaceX to validate the engine control and landing algorithms.
Starship orbital prototypes construction starts
14 May 2019SpaceX has started building two high fidelity Starship prototypes: one in Florida, one in Texas. The first team to reach orbit and come back on land is the winner.
First full-scale Raptor engine test
04 Feb 2019The Raptor engine was tested at full power for the first time.
Starhopper construction starts
20 Dec 2018SpaceX contracted a water tower company to rapidly assemble a working Starship prototype to test its Raptor engine in real flight conditions.
First Starship customer
17 Sep 2018SpaceX announced its first crewed flight, targeting 2023 for a flight around the Moon. The crew will be composed of several artists lead by Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire.
Tooling for the rocket body delivered
09 Apr 2018SpaceX received its first tool and started to manufacture carbon fiber tanks under a tent in Los Angeles. This tool was later scrapped because SpaceX chose to replace carbon fiber with stainless steel, a cheaper and more adapted material.
Project downscaled
29 Sep 2017To make the project more sustainable by making the rocket pay for itself, SpaceX downscaled the size of the rocket from a 12 meters diameter to a 9 meters one.
Elon Musks reveals SpaceX's plan for Mars
28 Sep 2016The Starship (known at the time as the "Interplanetary Transport System") was unveiled for the first time while setting the aspirational goal of launching human crew to Mars by 2024.
First rocket landing
22 Dec 2015For the first time, SpaceX succeeds in landing the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket.
Raptor engine development starts
2012SpaceX begins to design a methalox engine more powerful and capable than the Merlin-1D engine of the Falcon 9.
Elon Musk's bet
April 2009During an interview, Elon Musk made a bet that SpaceX would put a man on Mars by "2020 or 2025". Musk has continued to reiterate this rough timeframe since.
Falcon 1 achieves orbit
September 2008On the fourth try, SpaceX finally succeeds in delivering a payload into Earth orbit.
SpaceX is founded
2002SpaceX is founded by tech entrepreneurs with the goal of providing cheaper access to space.
