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The presidential vehicle carrying President Donald Trump leaves Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump says he’s withdrawing the nomination of Musk associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

President Donald Trump says he’s withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Trump adviser Elon Musk, to lead NASA.

President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Think your return to the office was rough? Musk faces some big challenges

A statue of SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Saturday, May 3, 2025, is seen near the town of Boca Chica, Texas, that would become Starbase, Texas, if local residents approve a measure to make the area surrounding the rocket launch site its own city. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)

Musk gets his Texas wish. SpaceX launch site is approved as the new city of Starbase

A visitor photographs a large bust of Elon Musk near SpaceX's Starbase as the Starship is prepared for a test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

The home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX could become an official Texas city called Starbase

This image provided by Blue Origin shows from left: Jeff Bezos, Kerianne Flynn, Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Aisha Bowe, Gayle King, Amanda Nguyen, Sarah Knights, director of Blue Origin's astronaut office, and Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp. (Blue Origin via AP)

Blue Origin launches an all-female celebrity crew with Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez

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Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. (AP Video: Mike Pesoli)

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Suni Williams’ ancestral Indian village celebrates her return from International Space Station

NASA congratulates astronauts on return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

Who are the NASA astronauts who have been stuck in space for 9 months?

SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA’s stranded astronauts after launch pad problem

Trump selects a new Tesla on White House driveway to show support for Elon Musk

This Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 combination photos show, on left, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House, and on right, Elon Musk listening as President Donald Trump meets with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington.(AP Photos/Ben Curtis and Alex Brandon)

Musk’s Starlink and Bharti Airtel sign deal to explore bringing satellite internet to India

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump attend a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump selects a new Tesla on White House driveway to show support for Elon Musk

Republicans cheer on Musk as Trump praises work of DOGE

A Federal Aviation Administration sign hangs in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Musk has inside track to take over contract to fix air traffic communications system

This Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 combination photos show, on left, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House, and on right, Elon Musk listening as President Donald Trump meets with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington.(AP Photos/Ben Curtis and Alex Brandon)

Elon Musk met with Modi during the Indian prime minister’s US visit. What does he want from India?

Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington

Elon Musk celebrates Trump’s victory

Jeff Bezos, from second left, Donald Trump Jr., Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk, Usha Vance, Doug Burgum and Vice President JD Vance applaud during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Elon Musk’s prominence during inauguration ceremonies stamps tech titan’s place in Trump’s orbit

Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk, arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)

Trump, a populist president, is flanked by tech billionaires at his inauguration

Family vacationing in Grand Turks islands films Debris from Space X flying overhead

2 private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey

SpaceX launches a pair of lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies

Flying taxis take flight as aviation companies launch new class of electric aircraft

Elon Musk speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Elon Musk helped Trump win. Now he’s looking at Europe, and many politicians are alarmed

SpaceX launches satellite on behalf of UAE telecommunications company

SpaceX launches 30 payloads on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenburg Space Force Base

FILE- SpaceX's mega rocket Starship prepares for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

SpaceX wants to make Starbase a new Texas city. Here’s how it could happen

FILE- SpaceX's mega rocket Starship prepares for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Elon Musk wants to turn SpaceX’s Starbase site into a Texas city

Commander Jared Isaacman speaks at a news conference after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center for an upcoming private human spaceflight mission in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk is Trump’s pick to lead NASA

Elon Musk speaks after President-elect Donald Trump spoke during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX challenge labor agency’s constitutionality in federal court