Mr. Irving is an investigative journalist who has covered aviation and aerospace for more than 30 years.

The latest test of Starship comes after an explosion over the Caribbean sent commercial airlines scattering to avoid falling ...

Russia sees big prospects to work with the United States, including in the space sector, and expects to hold talks with Elon ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently announced the company's Starship rocket would embark on a journey to Mars at the end of 2026.

Billionaire business tycoon Elon Musk suggested that the ... Let’s go to Mars." NASA announced last year that Musk's SpaceX had been tapped to make a de-orbit vehicle. "As the agency transitions ...

But the ultimate goal of Starship is to get humans to Mars. Elon Musk founded SpaceX with the dream of making ... As it ...

TL;DR: Elon Musk suggests deorbiting the ISS two years earlier than NASA's 2030 plan, citing limited utility. SpaceX, contracted for the deorbiting process, could redirect funds to Mars exploration.

Elon Musk called ... deorbiting the [ISS]," Musk wrote in a post on X on Thursday. "It has served its purpose. There is very little incremental utility. Let's go to Mars." In a follow-up post ...

Elon Musk thinks we should start moving on from the ... There is very little incremental utility. Let's go to Mars," the SpaceX chief and close Trump adviser said via X today (Feb. 20).

SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk ... the rush that Musk wants for the decades-old space station's deorbiting, the tech billionaire also expressed his aspirations to go to Mars.

An item on the Trump 2.0 agenda is to send manned missions to Mars. For an administration obsessed with reducing costs, this is a monumental boondoggle intended to benefit one person: Elon Musk.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...