Mission to Mars

By FCMSTSA

  • Pegasus

    Pegasus, an air launched rocket, becomes the first launched vehicle fully developed by a private company to reach space and the first air launched rocket of any kind to reach orbit

  • OCST Transfer

    The Office of Commercial Space Transportation is transferred to FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), becoming the FAA Administrator for space transportation

  • CSXT Rocket

    The Civilian Space eXploration Team (CSXT) becomes the first amateur organization to send a rocket into space

  • SpaceShipOne first manned flight

    Scaled Composites’ SpaceShipOne conducts the first privately flown and funded manned spaceflight

  • Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004

    President George W. Bush signs the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004, which provided a basic legal framework for commercial human spaceflight

  • Genesis I

    A Russian-Ukrainian rocket launches Genesis I, an experimental inflatable space habitat made by Bigelow Aerospace that is the first inflatable habitat module to reach orbit

  • Falcon 1

    SpaceX conducts the first successful launch of its Falcon 1 rocket

  • Dragon Capsule Success

    SpaceX successfully launches and recovers its Dragon capsule on its first mission

  • Dragon meets ISS

    The second mission of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule completes a successful rendezvous and berthing with the International Space Station

  • ISEE-3 Reboot Project

    A private initiative known as the ISEE-3 Reboot Project successfully contacts and takes control of NASA’s defunct ISEE-3 space probe

  • Manfred Memorial Moon Mission

    LuxSpace, an aerospace contractor based in Luxembourg, Launches the Manfred Memorial Moon Mission, the first private payload sent to the moon

  • U.S Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act

    President Barack Obama signs the U.S Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, also known as the spurring private aerospace competitiveness and entrepreneurship act

  • New Shepard

    Blue Origin successfully launches its New Shepard launch system into space and lands it vertically, making it the first VTVL rocket to land on Earth from space.

  • Falcon 9 rocket lands at Landing Zone 1

    SpaceX lands the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral, marking the first recovery of a VTVL stage from an orbital rocket