Musk Begins Decommissioning SpaceX Dragon Amid Fallout With Trump

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule remains America’s only means of human spaceflight.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is launched, carrying four commercial astronauts on the Fram2 mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 31, 2025. Joe Skipper/Reuters

Elon Musk announced on June 5 that SpaceX would begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft after President Donald Trump appeared to call for the termination of all of the government’s subsidies and contracts with him.

“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.