In a stunning escalation of the war of words between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump on Thursday, the SpaceX tycoon announced that the company would begin “decommissioning” its Dragon spacecraft “immediately,” a threat to America’s space launch capabilities fueled by his personal animosity for the President. Musk later walked back the threat.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has set a goal to send an unmanned Starship spacecraft to Mars by the end of 2026, despite recent test flight setbacks. Musk believes the mission has a 50-50 chance of successfully launching during the narrow launch window next year.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX suffered another setback as its Starship launch exploded during a test flight on Tuesday, marking the third consecutive failure for the ambitious rocket project.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to launch its Starship rocket on a critical test flight, aiming to rectify the issues that led to the failure of its two previous attempts. Both rockets exploded in flight, raining debris into the ocean after producing an impression spectacle in the sky.
Elon Musk opened up to reporters about his time working for Donald Trump’s government in a “comically tiny office,” including an amusing anecdote about a midnight ice cream run to the White House kitchen at Trump’s urging.
SpaceX competitor Firefly Aerospace suffered a major setback Tuesday as its sixth Alpha rocket launch ended in failure, with the rocket and payload plunging into the Pacific Ocean. This is the fourth failure in six Alpha launches by Firefly.
It is not often “incredible people… materialise”, Putin remarked in the latest move of what appears to be a Kremlin bid to flatter Musk.
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore who spent over nine months stuck on the International Space Station speak at their first press conference since returning to Earth.
Monday, during an interview with FNC’s “America’s Newsroom,” astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams discussed their return to Earth last Tuesday off the Florida coast in a SpaceX Dragon capsule and who was to blame for stranding them in space.
The Senate’s NASA budget bill appears to push back on plans by Donald Trump and Elon Musk to shift priorities for the space agency while scaling back funding for climate alarmism and other “science” research.
After spending more than nine months on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth thanks to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The pair of formerly stranded space travelers will now undergo a comprehensive recovery process to readjust to life with gravity expected to take 45 days to complete.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were rescued by Elon Musk’s SpaceX after being stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for 286 days, splashed down in the Gulf of America on Tuesday.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth aboard a SpaceX Dragon vehicle after being stuck on the International Space Station for over nine months.
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, one of two that was stranded in space for nine months before being rescued by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, praised Jesus Christ when asked what he learned while stuck in orbit for an extended period of time. “It’s bound in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” he said not long before departing the International Space Station to return to Earth.
Russia may be trying a new vector into American relations, with an approach to Elon Musk by the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund.
After being stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally begun their long-awaited journey back to Earth. The journey began at 1:00 a.m. this morning after President Trump, who has been instrumental in arranging their rescue via Elon Musk’s SpaceX, issued his final order to NASA by saying, “IT IS TIME.”
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were on their way home Tuesday after being stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) orbital laboratory for 286 days.
In a viral video shared by both President Donald Trump and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who are being rescued by a SpaceX mission after being stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) by Boeing and Joe Biden, thanked President Trump and Musk for their support in bringing them back to Earth.
Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner jokingly wore an alien mask while welcoming crew from the SpaceX Dragon capsule.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Friday said that Starship will launch by the end of the next year to Mars carrying the Tesla humanoid robot Optimus.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX was forced to call off its plans to launch four people into orbit Wednesday night as part of a mission to rescue two NASA astronauts stranded by the Boeing Starliner. The launch ran into technical problems on the ground, leaving astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore stuck in space for a little while longer.
Chinese asset managers are funneling tens of millions of dollars into Elon Musk’s private companies like SpaceX, Neuralink and xAI, using special purpose vehicles to shield investor identities, according to financiers involved in the deals.
Another SpaceX Starship rocket test ended in an explosion on Thursday as flaming debris rained down on the Turks and Caicos Islands.
During a recent news conference from orbit, stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams addressed questions concerning their extended stay on the International Space Station (ISS) and the political controversy surrounding their return. Wilmore said Elon Musk’s claim that Joe Biden blocked a SpaceX rescue mission for political reasons is “absolutely factual.”
Elon Musk’s SpaceX made history on Tuesday after launching a rocket into space from Florida and landing its Falcon 9 rocket booster in the Bahamas.
Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, has announced plans to lay off 10 percent of its employees to streamline operations and improve its competitive position against Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
President Trump called on SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to “go get” two NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for months — stranded by Boeing and “virtually abandoned in space by the Biden Administration” according to Trump’s Truth Social post.
Billionaire entrepreneur and part-time gamer Elon Musk has admitted to using account boosting services in the popular games Path of Exile 2 and Diablo 4, a week after the gaming community accused him on cheating to achieve high rankings due to his “absolutely clueless” streaming performance.
The latest SpaceX Starship rocket had a rough test flight on Thursday, breaking apart within nine minutes of its launch.
Elon Musk has come under fire from gamers after he streamed himself playing Path of Exile 2, a game he is ranked as one of the best in the world at, with many believing that he showed a clear lack of knowledge of the game and likely paid someone to level his character for him.
Elon Musk said his SpaceX company will provide free Starlink terminals to the Los Angeles areas affected by the raging and catastrophic wildfires. The satellite internet service will help restore communication in areas devastated by the ongoing fires.
SpaceX has released a unique holiday greeting video featuring the Super Heavy Booster rocket and its 33 Raptor engines dancing to a heavy metal version of the classic Christmas carol, “Carol of the Bells.”
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) since June 5, 2024, will have to wait a little longer to return to Earth due to a delay in SpaceX’s Crew-10 mission.
Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk has launched an effort to transform his SpaceX Starbase facility in Texas into an incorporated city, requesting county officials call an election to incorporate as the city of Starbase, Texas.
Amazon is planning a $1 million donation to president-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, as founder Jeff Bezos and other tech leaders shore up ties with the incoming administration.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket today from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, setting a new record for rocket reusability.
NASA has announced plans to use cargo landers developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver heavy equipment to the Moon in support of its Artemis missions. Each lander will be designed to carry between 26,000 and 33,000 pounds of cargo to the moon beginning in 2032.
Elon Musk’s significant investments and vocal support for Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign are set to pay off as the billionaire Tesla, SpaceX, and X/Twitter boss stands to gain from the president-elect’s second term in office.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is facing backlash after suggesting billionaire Elon Musk’s government contracts be terminated due to “national security” risks allegedly posed by the Trump-supporting entrepreneur. The presenter faces accusations she is seeking to have the government “punish” the Tesla CEO for endorsing the former president.
Elon Musk has vowed to take legal action against the California Coastal Commission after the agency cited his political statements and support for Donald Trump when denying a request for SpaceX launches from the state’s central coast.
