As the fracas between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump escalated to the point of Musk threatening to decommission SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, NASA revealed even more delays to Dragon's alternative,

Space science experts told ABC News SpaceX has been essential to NASA’s missions and the breakdown of a relationship would leave a hole that would be hard to fill.

President Trump on Saturday abruptly yanked his nomination of billionaire Jared Isaacman — an ally of Elon Musk who founded a company that has the world’s largest private air force — to helm

Jared Isaacman, whose nomination to serve as NASA administrator was rescinded, discussed "exactly how it went."

Elon Musk escalated his criticisms of Trump's "big, beautiful bill" after the White House pulled a nomination for NASA administrator Jared Isaacman.

The dispute between Donald Trump and Elon Musk was triggered by months of intense stress on both sides, and the public battle between the U.S. president and the billionaire donor needs to stop, Musk's father told Reuters on Monday.

Elon Musk will lose his fight with Donald Trump and made a “mistake” by challenging him, his father has said. Speaking at a political conference in Moscow, Errol Musk claimed his billionaire son was suffering “PTSD from the White House” and blamed his row with the US president on “stress”.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders rejected the idea that Democrats should work with Elon Musk after the tech CEO's falling out with President Trump.