Posts by President Trump and Elon Musk roiled the space community, raising the prospect of an earlier-than-planned return for the Starliner crew.
The president and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk are falsely blaming Biden for the situation, ignoring an existing plan that's been in place since last year.
NASA appears to be retaining existing plans to return astronauts from the International Space Station after calls to bring them back “as soon as possible.”
NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX are racing to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded on the ISS due to Boeing Starliner delays.
President Donald Trump has accused the Biden administration of abandoning two astronauts currently on the International Space Station (ISS). The astronauts, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, have been stuck on the ISS since their Boeing Starliner capsule developed issues last summer.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted to Truth Social that he’s asked SpaceX founder Elon Musk to retrieve two “brave astronauts” who he said the Biden administration “virtually abandoned” aboard the International Space Station.
Suni Williams steps outside the International Space Station for the first time since arriving in June on Boeing’s Starliner.
US President Donald Trump said he asked Elon Musk's and SpaceX to “go get” the two NASA astronauts, who have been “abandoned in space”, as soon as possible.
While Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s situation is unusual, their return trip will be pretty routine, as they were already slated to fly home on a SpaceX capsule as part of a scheduled crew rotation.
The @POTUS has asked @SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the @SpaceStation as soon as possible. We will do so,” Musk said on his social media app, X, Tuesday evening.
Amidst political tensions, President Trump criticized the Biden administration for leaving astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore aboard the ISS. Elon Musk has stepped in, stating SpaceX will bring them home,