The Senate confirmed Isaacman after Trump reversed an earlier withdrawal. ・He assumes leadership as NASA faces budget pressure and China competition. ・Isaacman has outlined a faster, more commercially driven approach.

Theoretically, Chinese rockets based on the Soyuz design might carry astronauts (or cosmonauts, or Chinese taikonauts) to ISS. But current U.S. law forbids Chinese participation in the ISS project, so that's probably a no-go.

Musk, the world’s richest man, has begun donating to Republican campaigns ahead of next year’s crucial nationwide elections, in which the GOP faces an uphill battle to retain control of the House and possibly the Senate, Axios reported.

In its aggregated wisdom, however, it is also far more discerning. This discernment is what SpaceX, Open AI and Anthropic would be trading off for cash. In none of their cases is the trade-off comfortable.

Golden Dome is a large-scale project that is supposed to provide comprehensive national defense against all manner of missile, drone, and hypersonic weapons threats. But space plays a vital role in this ambitious undertaking. It isn’t only for tracking ...

A source revealed why Tom Cruise's space film project announced in 2020 reportedly never happened, citing the actor's reluctance to request NASA cooperation from President Donald Trump.