14 FOR PUTTING THE COSMOS WITHIN REACH
In 2017, SpaceX boldly went where no aerospace startup has gone before, posting 18 successful launches—twice as many as in the previous year—on behalf of companies in five countries, as well as the Air Force, NASA, and the top-secret U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The company delivered 48 satellites into orbit and 22,700 pounds of supplies to the International Space
