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Musk says SpaceX will retire Dragon spacecraft amid bitter Trump dispute

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Elon Musk says SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately.

Trump had threatened to cancel government contracts with Musk ’s businesses.

Since 2008 , SpaceX has received more than $20bn in government contracts, largely from Nasa and the Department of Defense .

In March , two Nasa astronauts returned to Earth in a Dragon capsule after being stranded on the ISS for nine months .

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