Washington/Seattle — US President Donald Trump’s differences with rival presidential candidate Joe Biden extend far beyond planet Earth.

Trump’s plans to win the race in space call for a 2024 moon mission, and ending direct US financial support for the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025 — turning over control of the decades-old orbital laboratory to private space companies...

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