Posts by President Trump and Elon Musk roiled the space community, raising the prospect of an earlier-than-planned return for the Starliner crew.

NASA appears to be retaining existing plans to return astronauts from the International Space Station after calls to bring them back “as soon as possible.”

President Donald Trump has accused the Biden administration of abandoning two astronauts currently on the International Space Station (ISS). The astronauts, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, have been stuck on the ISS since their Boeing Starliner capsule developed issues last summer.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June 2024 for what was initially an eight-day mission. Due to propulsion system issues, NASA deemed Starliner unsafe for their return and reassigned them to SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission in September.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted to Truth Social that he’s asked SpaceX founder Elon Musk to retrieve two “brave astronauts” who he said the Biden administration “virtually abandoned” aboard the International Space Station.

The @POTUS has asked @SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the @SpaceStation as soon as possible. We will do so,” Musk said on his social media app, X, Tuesday evening.

Sunita Williams along with her fellow astronaut Butch Willmore have been at the ISS since June last year. The pair had launched aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 5 for its first crewed flight,

A SpaceX Super Heavy-Starship rocket stands poised ... Six hours later, space station astronauts Nick Hague and Starliner pilot Sunita Williams plan to venture outside the NASA lab complex for ...

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NASA on Wednesday (local time) said it was working with billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX to safely return the astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who are for months struck at International Space Station (ISS),

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch Alliance and the debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn,