From a small island in the Pacific, SpaceX managed to send a rocket into space.

NPR: SpaceX Makes Progress with Rocket Test

Last year it failed in an attempt to send a satellite into space aboard a long-range rocket.

NPR: A Look At The North Korea Crisis

We have heard a lot about SpaceX and how its Falcon 9 rocket will soon be used to send cargo and astronauts to the space station, but the upstart is also after a sizeable chunk of the satellite-launch market as well.

BBC: Rocket company hopes for calmer waters