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The feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump deepened after Musk resigned from his advisory role at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), where he was involved in cutting federal costs. Musk became an outspoken critic of Trump’s major tax-and-spending legislation, especially opposing cuts to EV subsidies and objecting to…

WASHINGTON - About US$22 billion (S$28 billion) worth of SpaceX’s government contracts are at risk, and multiple US space programmes could face dramatic changes in the fallout of Mr Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s explosive feud on June 5. The disagreement, rooted in Mr Musk’s criticism of Mr Trump’s…

US President, Donald Trump has threatened to cancel government contracts with Elon Musk’s companies as they continue to feud over a major tax bill. Trump, in a Truth Social post, wrote: "The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts."…

Examples of visible, thermal and evapotranspiration imagery in agricultural fields in Lachlan Valley, Australia, from Hydrosat's VanZyl-1 satellite. Credit: Hydrosat SAN FRANCISCO — Hydrosat announced plans June 5 to gather thermal-infrared imagery with a second satellite launching later this month on the SpaceX Transporter-14 rideshare. VanZyl-2 has four times the…

“I’m starting to worry that two narcissistic megalomaniacs with a total inability to see value in other humans might have a hard time making friends,” Stephen Colbert noted Late-night hosts commented on the growing feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk over the president’s “big beautiful bill.” Since departing his…

In 2020, President Trump cheered Elon Musk for his company's first flight of astronauts to the ISS. Getty Images SpaceX has been caught in the crossfire of the ongoing feud between Donald Trump and company founder Elon Musk. The two men have been sharing barbs over the President’s proposed budget…

Editor’s note: This advisory was updated June 9, 2025, to reflect new target launch and docking dates. NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 11, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4.…

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A Falcon 9 rocket liftoff off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 4, 2025, carrying 27 Starlink satellites. It was the 500th orbital launch of a rocket in SpaceX’s Falcon family. Image: SpaceX. Update June 4, 8:00 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed on the droneship. SpaceX was back…

SpaceX's Starship megarocket soars above Earth on its ninth test flight, on May 27, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX's Starship megarocket tends to put on a show, and its latest test flight was no exception. That mission, the ninth ever for the roughly 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship, lifted off from…