NEW YORK (AP) - NASA pays it billions. Its rockets sport mythical names like Minotaur and Pegasus. And its $2 billion deal to resupply the International Space Station had gone well - until this week.

A local resident rides his horse Texas as he checks out the SpaceX Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket on the launch pad at Starbase on April 16, 2023. Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via ...