“In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately,“ Musk wrote on X.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon -- a gumdrop-shaped capsule that flies atop a Falcon 9 rocket and splashes down in the ocean -- is currently the only US spacecraft certified to carry crew to the ISS under a contract worth more than $4.9 billion.
Following Musk’s announcement, NASA spokeswoman Bethany Stevens said on X that the government space agency would “continue to execute upon the President’s vision for the future of space.”
NASA had hoped to certify Boeing’s Starliner for crewed missions, but that program has faced severe delays.
The Starliner ultimately returned to Earth empty, while the two astronauts were brought home by SpaceX earlier this year.
American astronauts still fly aboard Soyuz rockets, while Russian cosmonauts ride on Crew Dragons under a longstanding seat-swap agreement.
The next scheduled crew launch is Tuesday’s Axiom-4 mission, which will see a Crew Dragon transport astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary to the ISS.
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