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Trump aides reviewed SpaceX contracts with the federal government to identify waste after the president's falling out with Elon Musk.

After Fight With Musk, Trump Reportedly Ordered Review of Government SpaceX Contracts

By Victor Tangermann

After polluting a sacred beach in Texas, Elon Musk's SpaceX is now seeking to wreak havoc on another holy site in Hawaii.

Government Gives Elon Musk Permission to Detonate Rockets Over a Sacred Hawaian Island

By Noor Al-Sibai

Even after pouring $2 billion into its much-maligned Starliner spacecraft, NASA and Boeing remain committed to getting back off the ground.

If You Thought Your Life Was a Mess, Spare a Thought for Boeing’s Massively Failed Starliner Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

Texas governor Greg Abbott is seemingly terrified of having his communications with billionaire Elon Musk come to light.

Governor of Texas Says He Can’t Release His Emails With Elon Musk Because They Are “Intimate and Embarrassing”

By Victor Tangermann

Trump announced on Wednesday that transportation secretary Sean Duffy will temporarily serve as NASA administrator.

We’re Speechless at Who Trump Just Appointed Head of NASA

By Victor Tangermann

A former SpaceX employee has sued the company and a senior employee for sexual harassment -- and she's not the first.

SpaceX Sued Yet Again for Sexual Harassment

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk’s Texas Starbase is still reeling from its latest Starship explosion. Now, it has a crane collapse to deal with too.

Video Shows Large Crane Collapsing at Safety-Plagued SpaceX Rocket Facility

By Noor Al-Sibai

An eight-foot-across spacecraft flown by a European aerospace outfit came back to Earth and got lost at sea.

Alert: There’s a Lost Spaceship in the Ocean

By Sharon Adarlo

Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship suffered another explosion on Wednesday, which has cast doubt on whether these ships can ever reach Mars.

Latest Starship Explosion Drastically Decreases SpaceX’s Chances of Reaching Mars Without Having to Wait Years

By Sharon Adarlo

Elon Musk posted a screenshot of a drug test, allegedly showing that he had tested negative last week for more than a dozen drugs.

As Rumors Fly, Elon Musk’s Posts “Results” of Drug Test for PCP, Benzos and More

By Victor Tangermann

The Space Station Leak Is Rearing Its Ugly Head Again

The Space Station Leak Is Rearing Its Ugly Head Again

By Victor Tangermann

The White House's plans to tap Musk's SpaceX for a "Golden Dome" appear to be on shaky ground following his falling out with Trump.

Elon’s Explosion at Trump Appears to Have Cost Him a HUGE Deal

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers' attempts to study the earliest universe could be threatened by SpaceX Starlink satellites leaking radio emissions.

There’s a Giant Problem With SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

United Airlines has shut down Starlink internet systems on some of its jets after they were creating communications issues.

United Airlines Shuts Down Starlink WiFi Service on Its Planes After the Antennae Caused Problems With Its Jets’ Equipment

By Sharon Adarlo

The founder of the Mars Society has accused SpaceX CEO Elon Musk of derailing existing plans to explore and visit the Red Planet.

Elon Musk’s “Hubris and Arrogance” Are Ruining Our Chances of Actually Getting to Mars, Says Leading Expert

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is seemingly realizing that he's made a terrible mistake, and is groveling to get back in Trump's good graces.

Musk Is Suddenly Groveling to Get Back in Trump’s Good Graces as He Realizes He’s Made a Terrible Mistake

By Victor Tangermann

Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon is urging the president to nationalize Elon Musk's SpaceX and deport the billionaire.

Trump Advisor Calls on Trump to Nationalize SpaceX Immediately

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk says that he's cutting off NASA's access to space, in a potentially devastating blow to the United States' space program.

Elon Musk Declares That He’s “Immediately” Cutting Off NASA’s Access to Space

By Victor Tangermann

Failure is part of SpaceX's formula for success. But with Starship, it may have dug itself into an engineering hole there's no getting out of.

Advanced Transport

SpaceX May Be Failing to Get Starship Working at All

By Frank Landymore

If the Trump administration's pulling of its NASA administrator nominee was intended as an attack on Musk, it succeeded.

Musk Privately Complaining That His Immense Donations to Trump Didn’t Even Buy Him Control of NASA

By Victor Tangermann

The world's most powerful man and its richest one are exchanging blows. Elon Musk called Trump's budget bill a "disgusting abomination."

“Disgusting Abomination”: Cold War Between Musk and Trump Explodes Into Public

By Victor Tangermann

Trump’s Budget for NASA Is Absolutely Horrifying

Trump’s Budget for NASA Is Absolutely Horrifying

By Victor Tangermann

Jared Isaacman, NASA's candidate for administrator, handpicked by Elon Musk, has been thrown under the bus by the Trump administration.

Trump Just Kicked Elon Musk’s Hand-Picked NASA Head to the Curb

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX now has its own company town — and the Elon Musk-owned company is already trying to mess with its residents' rights

Elon Musk’s New Company Town Tells Residents Their Rights Are Now Optional

By Noor Al-Sibai

Starlink satellites are being assaulted by ferocious solar storms, caused by the Sun pelting our atmosphere with energized particles.

Something Surprising Is Destroying Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

Drug testing is supposed to be random — but according to insider sources, that's not the case for Elon Musk's federal contractor drug tests.

SpaceX Is Reportedly Giving Elon Musk Advance Warning of Drug Tests

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA was not allowed to fail in the same ways that SpaceX is, but that doesn't mean the US government isn't funding both.

If NASA Had Blown Up This Many Rockets, The Government Would Have Cancelled the Space Program

On Tuesday, Elon Musk ghosted a huge SpaceX talk he was supposed to give about the company's Mars colonization plans.

Elon Musk Just Ghosted a Huge Company Meeting

By Frank Landymore

You Can Suddenly Sense Elon Musk’s Desperation

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Boasts of Huge Starship Improvements Immediately Before It Blows Up Spectacularly

Elon Boasts of Huge Starship Improvements Immediately Before It Blows Up Spectacularly

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's businesses are being profoundly affected by reputation crashes due to his involvement in politics.

Elon Musk’s Companies Just Hit Rock Bottom in New Reputation Rankings

By Frank Landymore

A former SpaceX employee with Crohn's disease says he was carefully timed when visiting the bathroom — and fired after he took too long.

A SpaceX Employee Says He Was Fired for the Most Insane Reason

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's mansion in Austin, Texas is already ruffling the feathers of his neighbors, as he flaunts local rules.

Elon Musk Is Having Massive Drama With His Mansion’s Neighbors

By Victor Tangermann

After a Falcon 9 rocket exploded in 2016, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk became suspicious that a "sniper" on the roof of a rival's building shot it.

Elon Musk Became Fixated on the Idea That a Sniper Shot His Rocket, Causing It to Explode

By Victor Tangermann

President Donald Trump announced his proposed budget today, calling for roughly $163 billion in cuts. Elon Musk could benefit greatly.

Elon Musk Is Getting Huge New Government Deals While Everything Else Is Getting Slashed

By Victor Tangermann

The Trump has called on NASA to cancel its "grossly expensive and delayed" Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule after Artemis 3.

White House Announces Plans to Rip Up NASA’s Moon Program

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has shut down the same DOE's Loan Programs Office that once allowed Tesla to flourish.

Elon Musk Is Shutting Down the Part of the Government That Helped Him Save Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

If he had to choose between the Moon or Mars, incoming NASA administrator Jared Isaacman picked the Moon, against Elon Musk's wishes.

Incoming NASA Administrator Throws Elon Musk’s Mars Plans Under the Bus

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's company SpaceX is pitching the Pentagon on a "subscription based" missile defense service as Trump shops for a "Golden Dome."

Pentagon Looking at SpaceX to Build Weaponized Attack Satellites

SpaceX astronaut and incoming NASA head Jared Isaacman took a notable turn away from the space firm that enabled both of his trips into orbit.

Incoming Head of NASA Puts SpaceX in Its Place: “They Work for Us, Not the Other Way Around”

By Victor Tangermann

Incoming NASA head and SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman wants to return astronauts to the Moon, defying Elon Musk's desire to skip it.

Incoming Head of NASA Defies Elon Musk on Order to Abandon Moon Program

By Victor Tangermann

House Democrats are investigating SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's glaring conflict of interest and using NASA to enrich himself.

Congress Investigating Whether Elon Musk Is Using NASA to Enrich Himself

By Victor Tangermann

During a livestream of himself playing the free-to-play action RPG Path of Exile 2, Elon Musk was ruthlessly bullied by other players.

Elon Musk Rage Quits Gaming Livestream After Repeatedly Dying, Gets Mercilessly Mocked by Viewers

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Fram2 private astronaut mission was off to a rough start, with crew members throwing up due to space motion sickness.

SpaceX Tourist Says Whole Crew Got Horribly Sick When They Reached Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

A crew of four private astronauts have become the first to ever fly over the Earth's poles in space, gaining a sublime view of Antarctica.

Space Tourists Startled to Discover That From Space, Antarctica Looks Pretty Much Like You’d Expect

By Frank Landymore

SpaceX's new Fram2 mission is experimenting with growing mushrooms in microgravity — but not the magic kind.

Astronaut Insists the Mushrooms He’s Growing in Space Are “Not the Ones You’re Thinking”

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has officially added SpaceX's Starship to its launch vehicle roster despite the vehicle never having completed a successful test flight.

NASA Signs Contract for Elon Musk’s Starship, Even Though It’s Never Launched Without Exploding

By Victor Tangermann

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire SpaceX astronaut, has shared a photo of himself during his unusual "commute into DC."

Billionaire SpaceX Customer Flies Private Jet Into DC to Become New Head of NASA

By Victor Tangermann

A rocket by German startup Isar Aerospace tore into the sky over Norway's Arctic Andoeya Spaceport, but exploded in a dramatic fireball.

Rocket Falls in Icy Wasteland, Explodes in Epic Fireball

By Victor Tangermann

Tonight, SpaceX is scheduled to launch a first-of-its-kind mission that will carry four private astronauts to fly above the Earth's poles.

SpaceX Launching First-Ever Astronauts Over Earth’s Poles Tonight

By Frank Landymore

A week after a SpaceX crew module returned four astronauts from the ISS, their luggage module seems to have caused a wild show on its return.

Fireballs Appear Around the World as Parts of SpaceX Crew Dragon Scream Back to Earth

A look back at all of the spectacular tests — and failures — that have punctuated SpaceX's development of its Starship rocket.

Here’s a Video of Every Starship Explosion So Far

By Victor Tangermann

After splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico, stranded NASA astronauts Williams and Wilmore were greeted by a curious pod of dolphins.

Dolphins Appear as Astronauts Splash Down in Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

"We’re a good 15 years away from going to Mars, not five years as Elon Musk alludes to," former NASA astronaut José Hernández told The Hill.

Former NASA Astronaut Says Elon Musk Has No Idea What He’s Talking About

By Victor Tangermann

The Department of Defense has proudly announced that two active-duty US military officers will be launching to the space station.

NASA Sending Military Personnel to Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

In spite of Elon Musk agitating for it, president Donald Trump isn't interested in making a crewed mission to Mars his "number one" priority.

Trump Throws Elon Musk’s Mars Mission Under the Bus

By Victor Tangermann

The newest version of the SpaceX megarocket, Starship Block 2, has exploded midair during both of its flight tests.

Advanced Transport

SpaceX Has a Major Problem: New Versions of Starship Are Performing Worse Than Older Ones

By Frank Landymore

NASA's incoming administrator, SpaceX space tourist Jared Isaacman, appears to be clueless about what's going on at the agency.

Incoming NASA Administrator Brags That He Has No Idea What’s Going On

By Victor Tangermann

paceX has run into serious issues trying to get a prototype upper stage of its Starship to launch into orbit, then make a soft landing.

SpaceX’s Latest Starship Exploding on Launch Is a Grim Setback for the Company

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is having trouble getting its next Starship rocket into the sky after the last one exploded during a test flight.

Advanced Transport

SpaceX Having Trouble Getting Starship Launched Again After Explosion

By Frank Landymore

Last week, California-based space company AstroForge launched the first-ever mining mission to an asteroid. The mission is in serious trouble.

First-Ever Asteroid Mining Mission Loses Contact With Earth

By Victor Tangermann

The FAA is considering cancelling a $2.4 billion, 15-year contract that was awarded to Verizon in 2023, and hand it to Musk's SpaceX.

It Looks an Awful Lot Like Elon Musk Is Awarding a Huge Government Contract to Himself

By Victor Tangermann

Unelected White House advisor Elon Musk has massively benefited from government contracts propping up his business for decades.

Elon Musk Has Sucked Up $38 Billion in Aid From the Federal Government, and Now He’s Slashing That Help for Others

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has revealed that its latest Starship prototype self-destructed during its flight last month following flashes, and "sustained fires."

SpaceX Says Numerous Fires Broke Out on Board Its Starship Spacecraft During Most Recent Launch

By Victor Tangermann