Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, two American astronauts who have been stranded on the International Space Station since June, are scheduled to touch down on the Gulf Coast near Tallahassee, Florida, at 5:57 p.m. Tuesday.
Their successful rescue will be another example of a promise kept by President Donald Trump. The president has made returning the astronauts to Earth a top priority, and he is using Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX to do it.
The astronauts were unable to return to Earth after their regularly scheduled eight-day mission after their Boeing aircraft’s propulsion system was deemed too unsafe for their return trip. The mission has now stretched out to 285 days.
Reacting to the SpaceX rocket launch, Daily Signal President and Executive Editor Rob Bluey said on Monday the Democrats’ criticism of Musk had reached the point of absurdity, given the…