The statement came in response to a report that NASA had delayed the Axiom Mission 4, which was meant to launch on Wednesday, indefinitely due to a leak in the ISS's Zvezda module. The module was built in 1985 and was integrated into the ISS in 2000, making it over two decades old.

He has also urged that the International Space Station (ISS) be decommissioned in two years, despite NASA's original plans to operate it until 2030

The latest launch lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was celebrated widely by SpaceX engineers and CEO Elon Musk.

Elon Musk is one of the minds who helped reshape the global economy following the tech boom of the late 1990s. The South African native became a millionaire many times over upon selling his shares in Zip2 in 1999 and PayPal in 2002 and made electric cars cool after taking over as CEO of Tesla Motors in 2008.

President Donald Trump threatened to cut government contracts with Elon Musk amid feud, while the SpaceX CEO suggested decommissioning a spacecraft.

JD Vance and Susie Wiles pushed Elon Musk to repair his relationship with President Trump after the tech billionaire blew up at the president in a dramatic and public falling out, according to people familiar with the matter. In a call last Friday, the vice president and the White House chief of staff urged Musk to put an end to the feud.

Elon Musk reached out and talked privately to President Donald Trump before the billionaire entrepreneur apologized for his harsh personal attacks.

Elon Musk’s goal of establishing human colonies on Mars depends on the company first building out its satellite-internet network, Starlink, ARK Invest researchers explained in a Tuesday note. SpaceX is the biggest holding in the firm’s ARK Venture Fund,