The Falcon 1 made history on September 28, 2008 by becoming the "first privately developed liquid fuel rocket to reach Earth ...

SpaceX attempted its first launch of the Falcon 1 in 2006 which failed. It failed again in March 2007 and then again in August 2008. After three consecutive failures to launch, the team was low on ...

A technician works on the Falcon 1's avionics section. The Henry Ford Collection / Michelle Andonian South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk, 40, ended up in the United States because ...