{"id":793078,"date":"2025-01-29T00:07:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=793078"},"modified":"2025-01-29T00:07:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:07:04","slug":"trump-asks-spacex-to-go-get-two-stranded-iss-astronauts-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=793078","title":{"rendered":"Trump asks SpaceX to “go get” two stranded ISS astronauts : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n This image made from a NASA live stream shows NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore during a press conference from the International Space Station on Sept. 13, 2024. On Tuesday, President Trump said he asked Elon Musk and SpaceX to “go get” the astronauts who have been on the I.S.S. since June after their original weeklong test flight on Boeing’s troubled Starliner capsule has been extended.
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SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced plans<\/u> to bring home two NASA astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station on Boeing’s Starliner<\/u> capsule “as soon as possible,” at the request of President Trump.<\/p>\n

Musk, the head of President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, has played a crucial role<\/u> in Trump’s re-election campaign and the early days<\/u> of the President’s second term in office.<\/p>\n

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“I have just asked Elon Musk and SpaceX to “go get” the 2 brave astronauts who have been virtually abandoned in space by the Biden Administration,” Trump wrote on Truth Social<\/u>. “Good luck Elon!!!”<\/p>\n

The astronauts Musk and Trump are presumably referencing are NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. NASA has long said the crew isn’t “stranded” and a plan to return them safely to Earth has been in place for months<\/u>. In fact, NASA astronauts always train for lengthy missions and medical experts have kept a watchful eye on the health of the two during their extended stay.<\/p>\n