Elon Musk is working with Boeing on behalf of President Donald Trump in order to speed up replacements for the president’s planes, known as Air Force One, that are over budget and behind schedule.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to swab the orbiting lab for evidence of microorganisms.
Despite the statement from President Trump, NASA had already scheduled the astronauts' return for late March or April.
Donald Trump demanded SpaceX boss Elon Musk “go get” two NASA astronauts who, the president claims, were left “abandoned in space” by the Biden Administration.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to swab the orbiting lab for evidence of microorganisms.
The President has asked SpaceX to bring home the two astronauts stranded on the ISS as soon as possible. We will do so. Terrible that the Biden administration left them there so long.” Barry Wilmore;
Elon Musk has shared a post from Donald Trump calling for him to bring two "stranded" astronauts home. But there's already a plan for that.
Elon Musk took to X to state President Trump has asked for the quick return of two NASA astronauts who flew to space in June.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said President Trump has asked the company to bring home the two NASA astronauts from Boeing’s Starliner mission on board the ISS “as soon as possible.”
Elon Musk has taken on a new role as the First Buddy: monitoring the progress on the long-awaited revamped Air Force One jets. The new Air Force One planes, made by Boeing, are currently $2.7 billion over budget and three years behind schedule.