President Donald Trump asked billionaire Elon Musk to “go get” two astronauts that have been aboard the International Space Station since June 2024, claiming the Biden administration had “virtually abandoned” them even though NASA has said for months it plans to bring them home soon.

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,

The president has claimed the previous administration abandoned the astronauts and has called on Elon Musk for aid.

Soon after U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, and the slew of executive orders that followed, claims ( archived) circulated that space agency NASA was shutting down its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been aboard the ISS for over 8 months—far beyond their planned stay. Initially set to return via Boeing's Starliner, technical failures forced NASA to turn to SpaceX for their return.

Donald Trump asks Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring back stranded Nasa astronauts from International Space Station - US president says he has asked Elon Musk for help to return stranded astronauts ‘as soon

US President Donald Trump has criticized the Biden administration for "abandoning" two NASA astronauts currently stranded on the International Space Station.

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Ulbricht has been serving a life sentence without parole since 2015, when he was convicted of multiple charges, including the distribution of narcotics.

Donald Trump has tasked billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring back stranded NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station. For all the latest world news, analysis and updates,

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is already scheduled to return the astronauts under a plan announced by NASA in August.

The taxpayer-funded news outlet NPR contradicted its own reporting Wednesday on astronauts stranded in the International Space Station (ISS) in order to fact-check President Donald Trump. NPR […]