Trump asks SpaceX to bring "abandoned" Starliner crew home, blames Biden administration for inaction
Posts by President Trump and Elon Musk roiled the space community, raising the prospect of an earlier-than-planned return for the Starliner crew.
Fact Check—Did Biden 'Abandon' Two US Astronauts in Space, As Trump Claims?
The president has claimed the previous administration abandoned the astronauts and has called on Elon Musk for aid.
Trump Asks SpaceX to Return NASA’s ‘Stranded’ Astronauts to Earth ASAP
Despite a recent request from Trump, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were already scheduled to return to Earth on a Crew Dragon capsule this spring
Elon Musk says Trump calls on SpaceX to bring Starliner astronauts home ASAP
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.”
Trump asks SpaceX to 'go get' two stranded ISS astronauts. They're not stranded
Two NASA astronauts flew to the International Space Station in June on Boeing's Starliner capsule. The test flight was planned for eight days but technical troubles forced the capsule to return empty.
NASA affirms plan with SpaceX to return astronauts after Trump demand
NASA affirmed on Wednesday a plan it set last year to work with Elon Musk's SpaceX in returning two astronauts from the International Space Station, saying it will do so "as soon as practical," the day after President Donald Trump suggested he wants a quicker return for the crew.
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SpaceX and Vast want ideas for science experiments on Dragon spacecraft and Haven-1 space station
Several other space companies have plans to construct their own space stations as well, including Northrop Grumman, Axiom Space, Nanoracks and Sierra Space. NASA needs at least one of them on orbit ...
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Watch Two Astronauts Stuck On ISS Take First Spacewalk Together
NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore arrived at the ISS in June 2024 aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule for what was originally planned as an eight-day test flight. However, ...
Shubhanshu Shukla, ISRO astronaut, to pilot Axiom Mission 4, India's first crewed ISS mission
ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will become the first Indian to fly to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on Axiom ...