--- description: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launch early Saturday was a success, despite the failed soft landing attempt of the rocket booster at sea. See TIME's senior... title: Watch TIME's Jeff Kluger Talk About the History and Impact of SpaceX image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a162cbe5cc567b9/69877945e20a87238ea84729/spacex-rocket-ship.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch TIME's Jeff Kluger Talk About the History and Impact of SpaceX  by [Michael Lester](/author/michael-lester/)  ## Michael Lester Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 10, 2015 2:55 PM CUT  TOPSHOTS Space X's Falcon 9 rocket launches on Jan. 10, 2015 as it heads to space from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. TOPSHOTS Space X's Falcon 9 rocket launches on Jan. 10, 2015 as it heads to space from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.Bruce Weaver—AFP/Getty Images  by [Michael Lester](/author/michael-lester/)  ## Michael Lester Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 10, 2015 2:55 PM CUT SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launch early Saturday was a success, despite the failed soft landing attempt of the rocket booster at sea. See TIME’s senior science writer and editor at large, Jeff Kluger, explain the history and importance of SpaceX. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3662625/jeffrey-kluger-history-importance-spacex/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3662625/jeffrey-kluger-history-importance-spacex/"},"headline":"Watch TIME's Jeff Kluger Talk About the History and Impact of SpaceX","datePublished":"2015-01-10T14:55:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:08.201Z","description":"SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launch early Saturday was a success, despite the failed soft landing attempt of the rocket booster at sea. See TIME's senior...","url":"https://time.com/3662625/jeffrey-kluger-history-importance-spacex/","keywords":["Space","Tech","Elon Musk","SpaceX"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a162cbe5cc567b9/69877945e20a87238ea84729/spacex-rocket-ship.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michael Lester","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michael-lester/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a162cbe5cc567b9/69877945e20a87238ea84729/spacex-rocket-ship.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Space X Falcon 9","caption":"Space X Falcon 9","creditText":"Bruce Weaver—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3662625/jeffrey-kluger-history-importance-spacex/","name":"Watch TIME's Jeff Kluger Talk About the History and Impact of SpaceX"}}]}] ```