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these are space X's biggest milestones two days the September of 2008 SpaceX's Falcon one rocket took off from Alma lek Island making it the first time a privately owned liquid-fueled rocket reached Earth's orbit the Falcon once successfully delivered a non-functional spacecraft into orbit in July of 2009 the Falcon 1 rocketed into space again and became the first privately owned liquid-fueled rocket to deliver a satellite into orbit around the Earth that satellite was Malaysia's Razak's at satellite which is currently in a near equatorial orbit around the planet in December of 2010 the Falcon rocket blasts off into history again from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying space X's Dragon capsule space X successfully recovers the Dragon spacecraft after three hours in orbit parachuting back into the ocean this is the first time a mission like this has been carried out by SpaceX in May of 2012 the Falcon 9 becomes the first privately owned spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station space X delivers food water and clothing to the astronauts onboard the ISS the delivery also included the ashes of more than 300 deceased people including the remains of Star Trek actor James Doohan better known as Scotty from the iconic TV series must confess gentlemen I always held a sneaking admiration for this one in December of 2013 the Falcon 9 took off again but this time entered into a geosynchronous orbit around the earth the geosynchronous orbit is when the spacecraft orbits the earth at the same speed as the Earth's rotation in April of 2016 the Falcon rocket completes its first successful ocean landing on the now-famous space x-drone ship this is a first for any space program in history in March of 2017 the Falcon 9 rocket completes the first relaunch and landing of a used orbital rocket this is a big win for SpaceX improves their concept of a reusable rocket booster in June of 2017 the Falcon 9 Dragon capsule completes its first reef light of a commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station three in February of 2018 the Falcon Heavy is launched and becomes the world's most powerful rocket this launch marked the first time a pair of recycled rocket boosters help send a heavy payload into space that payload was Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster carrying a dummy named star man both rocket boosters traveled back to earth after the launch and landed simultaneously at Cape Canaveral in Florida in March of 2018 space X launches its 50th Falcon 9 rocket and successfully delivered a Spanish communication satellite into orbit so what's next for SpaceX Elon Musk has said the ultimate goal is to send humans to Mars and for Earthlings to become an interplanetary species stay tuned to CNET for more SpaceX news and be sure to check out CNET's knew what the future show at Facebook watch you