Timeline of Rocket and Missile Technology - 21st Century

21st Century

  • 2001 - Russian Soyuz spacecraft sent the first space tourist Dennis Tito to International Space Station
  • 2004 - US-based, first privately developed, manned (suborbital) spaceflight, SpaceShipOne demonstrates reusability
  • 2010 - SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched

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