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Continue reading the main storyElon Musk’s company bested Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and others in the contest to carry American astronauts to the lunar surface.SpaceX’s Starship prototype launching from Boca Chica, Texas, during a high-altitude flight test on March 3.Credit...SpaceXElon Musk’s private space company is...

The Amazon founder started his private rocket company in 2000, but its busiest phase could just now be starting.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket hasn’t flown space tourists yet, but it has found a business niche with NASA and private science experiments.

The start-up launched by the Amazon founder will work with three older space companies in its bid to carry American astronauts back to the lunar surface.