SpaceX, billionaire Elon Musk's commercial rocket company, says it's working on a "simplified" plan for its Starship to land astronauts on the moon.

The launch date had been pushed back several times over the past few days due to bad weather. ・Besides delivering the two NASA satellites to their designated loiter orbit, the first-stage booster, named “Never Tell Me The Odds,

SpaceX, which has been testing its massive Starship spacecraft from South Texas, has proposed to NASA a new plan for a moon lander.

Isaacman was renominated for NASA administrator in November after previously being removed from consideration.

After acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy this month called out SpaceX for Starship delays, Elon Musk's company has come back with an update defending its progress and offering a speedier plan to get astronauts back on the moon as part of the Artemis program.

After NASA's head indicated SpaceX could lose its moon lander contract, Elon Musk went on the attack on X against Sean Duffy.

In the 1990s, McDonnell Douglas worked closely with the US government to launch and land several versions of the Delta Clipper, a vertical takeoff and landing, single-stage-to-orbit technology demonstrator that was touted as the gateway into a new era in space.

SpaceX, which continues with plans to expand Starship operations to Florida, has proposed a new plan to NASA for an Artemis 3 moon lander.