Starship, the world's largest rocket, could fly again as soon as Friday on its second launch of the year if the FAA gives approval.

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday asked President Donald Trump's Air Force secretary nominee whether he unfairly favored Elon Musk in a classified, multibillion-dollar spy satellite contract.

At the same time, Musk has been trying to obtain a $2 billion contract now held by Verizon to run the FAA’s communications system for all U.S. air traffic.

The protest was dubbed “Destruction of Our Government by Elon” – a play on words of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency

Elon Musk said Thursday that Verizon’s efforts to provide a critically needed upgrade to the FAA’s air traffic control system is failing. And he said that

Starship could launch around 6:30 p.m. EST Monday from Starbase in South Texas, according to SpaceX, which will livestream the flight test.

Somehow, in between gutting the federal government and running Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk has found time to launch a $97.4 billion takeover bid for OpenAI, said Kelsey Piper in Vox. That seemingly lowball offer — the ChatGPT-maker is thought to be worth more than $300 billion — was quickly rejected by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman last week.

There is a shortage of top-notch air traffic controllers,” Musk wrote on X. “If you have retired, but are open to returning to work, please consider doing so.” The billionaire and SpaceX boss made the plea just weeks after he and Donald Trump offered air traffic controllers a buyout offer to leave their positions.

The Washington Post backed out of a "Fire Elon Musk" advertisement that would have called for the termination of the Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder who has gained U.S. governmental authority as the head of DOGE,

Phillip Rench, a former engineer for SpaceX, one of billionaire Elon Musk's companies, is mounting a longshot independent bid to unseat Sen. Susan Collins in 2026.