First private launch vehicle reaches orbit!

Board Member Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched Falcon 1 to orbit.

“The success of Falcon-1 is a historical event. It is a game-changer that the entire space community should celebrate. While NASA might call it a ‘nominal’ launch, it truly is ‘phenomenal.’ It is the first-ever private development of an orbital launcher, and represents a capability which will be used by many of the Google Lunar X PRIZE teams to land their robots on the Moon. All of us at the X PRIZE Foundation thank Elon and the entire team at SpaceX for their vision and persistence.”

-Peter H. Diamandis, Chairman, X PRIZE Foundation