US EditionMusk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat
- Elon Musk announced that SpaceX will start decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft following President Trump's threat to cancel government contracts.
- The announcement came after a public spat where Trump criticized Musk's companies and Musk called a Congressional bill a "disgusting abomination".
- Currently, one Crew Dragon is docked at the ISS as part of the Crew-10 NASA mission, with Crew-11 scheduled for launch no earlier than July and Axiom Space preparing a new Dragon for a private mission.
- SpaceX’s Dragon capsules remain the only U.S. Means to transport astronauts to the ISS, carrying up to seven passengers and supporting NASA’s reliance on private spaceflight.
- Decommissioning Dragon could end U.S.-based astronaut launches before the ISS decommissioning around 2030, possibly disrupting NASA’s future missions and impacting spaceflight operations.
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