While Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s situation is unusual, their return trip will be pretty routine, as they were already slated to fly home on a SpaceX capsule as part of a scheduled crew rotation.

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.”

Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday (local time) said that US President Donald Trump had asked him to facilitate the return of the two Boeing Starliner astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on the space station since June 2024.

One airline said it often gets little notice of when or where it can expect rockets to fall from the sky so flights have been delayed to ensure safety.

First Buddy” Elon Musk says he was given a new mission directly from Donald Trump to bring two NASA astronauts who have been stuck in space since June 2024 home “as soon as possible.” Musk shared the news in a Tuesday tweet that he also used to slam the Biden administration.