<p>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 — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/astronauts-on-boeings-first-manned-craft-have-been-stuck-in-space-for-2-months-nasa-still-isnt-sure-when-it-will-get-them-home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">malfunctioned</a> while approaching the International Space Station (ISS) last June.</p>
<p>In a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113909188940119917" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on Truth Social Tuesday night, Trump blasted former President Joe Biden for &#8220;virtually abandon[ing]&#8221; 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.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have just asked Elon Musk and @SpaceX to &#8216;go get&#8217; the 2 brave astronauts who have been virtually abandoned in space by the Biden Administration,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;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!!!&#8221;</p>
<p>Wilmore and Williams initially left Earth for the ISS on June 5 for what was supposed to be an eight-day mission. The Boeing Starliner carrying them, however, sprang leaks and lost multiple thrusters as it approached the ISS. After initially considering returning the astronauts on the Boeing Starliner — which Boeing insisted would be safe — NASA ultimately decided against it and hatched a plan late last year to use Musk&#8217;s SpaceX Dragon capsule to retrieve the astronauts. That plan was delayed in December when NASA and SpaceX mission teams said they needed more time to prepare the SpaceX craft, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/science/elon-musk-stranded-astronauts-spacex/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
<p>A mission to return Wimore and Williams was pushed back from February to &#8220;no earlier than late March,&#8221; NASA said in a <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-10/2024/12/17/nasa-adjusts-crew-10-launch-date/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> in December. It&#8217;s unclear if Trump asked Musk to bring the astronauts back to Earth sooner than what NASA outlined in its December statement. Musk said on X on Tuesday that Trump requested the astronauts be brought home &#8220;as soon as possible.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The @POTUS has asked @SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the @Space_Station as soon as possible. We will do so,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1884365928038563880" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;Terrible that the Biden administration left them there so long.&#8221;</p>
<p>During an interview with former NASA Administrator Bill Nelson earlier this month, Wilmore and Williams said they &#8220;have plenty of clothes&#8221; and &#8220;are well fed.&#8221;</p>
<p>“It’s just a great team and — no, it doesn’t feel like we’re castaways,&#8221; said Williams, adding, “Eventually we want to go home because we left our families a little while ago, but we have a lot to do while we’re up here.”</p>

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