The billionaire and his Silicon Valley associates landed in the capital and immediately moved to cut the size of the federal government, reprising the playbook he used after buying Twitter in 2022.
SpaceX said the ship experienced “a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn,” moments after a dramatic, successful booster catch at the launchpad.
President Donald Trump's new administration is likely to do away with the White House's National Space Council, a cabinet policy panel that lobbyists at Elon Musk's SpaceX have been pushing to axe, according to three people familiar with the plans.
The incident in which a SpaceX rocket broke up after launch demonstrates the challenges the FAA will face as the number of commercial space flights increases.
Flawed rocket launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin still leave both companies in position to dominate the space sector.
Elon Musk has reportedly told people he’s been sleeping in his Washington, D.C., government office, where he’s working to build Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. The DOGE office is housed inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building,
SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost communication with the uncrewed upper stage of the rocket that continues on into space. "We can confirm that we ...
After the most dramatic comeback in U.S. history, the new president has more power than before, and a better idea how to wield it.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX suspects a fire may have caused its Starship to break apart during liftoff and send trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean. SpaceX’s Elon Musk said ...
SpaceX's Starship Explodes in Flight Test, Forcing Airlines to Divert By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on ...
Instead, Trump’s order demands the deployment of “space-based interceptors” — a web of satellites, some equipped with lasers. It then calls for the development of another layer of lower-altitude interceptors if the lasers fail.