What does a country do when its top space agency loses its experts in science, suffers through the biggest budget reduction in decades, and is turned over to a political appointee with no experience in space?

A new crew will soon be heading to the International Space Station. It comes at a time of upheaval at NASA, where the agency lacks a permanent administrator and has more cuts on the horizon.

President Donald Trump appointed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as interim administrator of NASA on Wednesday, sidelining a candidate backed by Elon Musk for the role. “Sean is doing a TREMENDOUS job in handling our Country’s Transportation Affairs,

In response, Trump told NBC News that he had no intentions of speaking to Elon and said he would "pay very serious consequences" if he funded Democrats in future elections. Things simmered down when the two backtracked a bit. Trump told reporters he was planning on keeping the red Tesla.

President Trump named Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as the interim administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Elon Musk walked back his plan to stop operating SpaceX’s Dragon vehicle, a ship NASA depends on for astronaut and cargo runs to the International Space Station. Earlier, the executive said ...

Musk would like to send the Starship to Mars during the next transit window, which lasts from November 2026 through January 2027. The flights (Musk plans on sending several Starships) would be uncrewed, perhaps carrying robots such as the humanoid Optimus. If SpaceX misses the window, the next one occurs 26 months later.

Elon Musk congratulated SpaceX and NASA for safely rescuing astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Fox News. Wilmore, Williams, Crew-9 Commander Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday called Elon Musk's plans to form a new political party "ridiculous," launching new barbs at the tech billionaire and saying the Musk ally he once named to lead NASA would have presented a conflict of interest given Musk's business interests in space.