Elon Musk Beats World Record

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced in May that the company would launch more orbital missions in 2018 than any nation on Earth. Musk's rocket company failed to achieve that goal, as China successfully launched at least 35 rockets. However, SpaceX did manage to break its personal record for the most orbital rocket launches by a single company in a year. The company set that record — 18 launches over a single calendar year — in 2017.