President Donald Trump has tasked SpaceX founder Elon Musk with returning two stranded veteran NASA astronauts to Earth after their Boeing Starliner — the company’s first manned spacecraft — malfunctioned while approaching the International Space Station (ISS) last June.
In a post on Truth Social Tuesday night, Trump blasted former President Joe Biden for “virtually abandon[ing]” astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams and said he asked Musk to focus on sending a spacecraft to the ISS to retrieve the American astronauts.
“I have just asked Elon Musk and @SpaceX to ‘go get’ the 2 brave astronauts who have been virtually abandoned in space by the Biden Administration,” Trump wrote. “They have been waiting for many months on @Space Station. Elon will soon be on his way. Hopefully, all will be safe. Good luck Elon!!!”
Wilmore and Williams initially left Earth for…
