On Tuesday, Elon Musk took to his X account to relate that President Donald Trump has asked Musk’s SpaceX to retrieve the two astronauts currently stranded on the International Space Station (ISS.) As of this writing, there are no details as to when or how this will happen.
The @POTUS has asked @SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the @Space_Station as soon as possible. We will do so.
Terrible that the Biden administration left them there so long.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 28, 2025
The two American astronauts were stranded on the ISS when the Boeing Starliner craft, which took them into orbit, experienced what NASA described as “multiple issues” and was returned to Earth empty.
Last December, one report indicated that the two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been on the ISS since June of 2024, may not return until…
