In a contract worth up to US$843 million, NASA has selected SpaceX to design the "US Deorbit Vehicle." The spacecraft will bring the $150 billion International Space Station out of orbit to safely and burn up in our atmosphere at 3,000 ºF (1,649 ºC).| New Atlas
Posted: June 5, 2025 7:12 pm ET | Last Updated: June 6, 2025 2:57 pm ET | President Trump and Elon Musk's feud over the reconciliation bill has escalated into Trump threatening to end Musk's government contracts and Musk responding that he will begin right now by decomissioning the Dragon spacecraft needed to keep the International Space Station operating.| SpacePolicyOnline.com
Posted: June 5, 2025 10:37 pm ET | Last Updated: June 5, 2025 10:47 pm ET | The Senate Commerce Committee's portion of the reconciliation bill would fund portions of NASA's Moon-to-Mars program that President Trump wants to kill, especially the Gateway lunar space station, the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft.| SpacePolicyOnline.com
Trump’s proposal cuts SpaceX competitors out of the NASA budget and could add billions to the company’s defense contracts.| The Intercept
NASA has officially chosen SpaceX to develop a "deorbit vehicle" in order to destroy the International Space Station in 2030.| Futurism