NASA : SpaceX is 3 of 7 private firms to pass first step in NASA program . `` We will actually reach space faster and more often under this plan , '' Obama said , adding this approach would send more astronauts into space over the next decade than previously planned . ` SpaceX founder SpaceX unveils the Dragon V2 , his company 's latest spacecraft . SpaceX has flown several unmanned missions so far to the Dragon V2 . The Dragon V2 is capable of carrying up to 7 people into space and then back to Earth .
NASA : SpaceX is 3 of 7 private firms to pass first step in NASA program . SpaceX founder SpaceX unveils the Dragon V2 , his company 's latest spacecraft . SpaceX has flown several unmanned missions so far to the Dragon V2 . The Dragon V2 is capable of carrying up to 7 people into space and then back to Earth .