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JANUARY 20, 2015

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the Los Angeles area commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by Elon Musk, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has raised a billion dollars in a financing round. SpaceX said the deal gives Google and Fidelity just under 10 percent ownership of the company. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

Hawthorne-based rocketship developer SpaceX is close to getting $1 billion from Google , according to reports Monday, as Google seeks to get into the space business. Neither SpaceX nor Google have commented on the rumors, which were first reported by The Information. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has just signed a deal to deliver two robot payloads to the moon for a small Japanese company, ispace , ispace said this morning. According to ispace, it is using the technology developed by the HAKUTO team for its new effort, called HAKUTO-R.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Elon Musk , the technology mogul behind SpaceX and Tesla Motors , is gearing up to develop a new startup, to launch its own constellation of satellites to deliver Internet access. According to the WSJ, the Musk is working with the founder of WorldVu Satellites Ltd. No other details of the venture have been revealed yet. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

In the first, commercial effort to deliver a payload to the moon, Hawthorne-based rocket developer SpaceX is set to launch a robotic mission from an Israeli company to the moon. Its payload--developed as part of the Google Lunar X Prize--is targeted at landing what will be the first, Israeli spacecraft to set down on the lunar surface.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm run by Elon Musk, has landed a contract to deliver a payload to the moon. Astrobotic is one of the firms competing in the Google Lunar X Prize, the effort to spur a new, commercial mission to mars. Financial details of that contract were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2017

SpaceX, based in Hawthorne, California, is now worth between $12 billion and $15 billion, according to multiple reports. Rocket Lab (www.rocketlab.com) Rocket Lab is a developer of satellite launch vehicles, and just launched its first rocket into space. (and no, there aren't any entertainment-technology companies anywhere in sight).

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