The Justice Department had sued SpaceX in 2023, accusing the company of violating federal law by refusing to hire refugees and people granted asylum in the United States.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recommended hastening the end of the International Space Station on his social media site X, arguing that the orbiting laboratory should be taken out of orbit within two years instead of the current five-year target.

Elon Musk recently called for the ISS to be deorbited "as soon as possible." Experts say the station provides vital research, technological development and education

Musk has been spearheading aggressive cost-cutting measures across federal agencies, including those tasked with regulating his businesses.

Elon Musk continues to push the idea that it’s time to deorbit the International Space Station and shift focus toward the Red Planet. “It has served its purpose,” the billionaire SpaceX founder wrote on his social media platform X.

Using yet another haphazard mass email, Musk and DOGE told federal employees to document what they did last week — or else.