SpaceX to bring back Sunita Williams, Barry Wilmore? Elon Musk says Donald Trump asked him | Trending

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Jan 29, 2025 09:06 AM Elon Musk wrote in an X post that Donald Trump had asked SpaceX to bring Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore home. NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, who were supposed to return to Earth within a few days of reaching the International Space Station, are still aboard the ISS. They were launched to the space station in Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June 2024. Elon Musk has now shared that President Donald Trump has asked his company SpaceX’s help to bring the “stranded” astronauts home. In its earlier statements, NASA repeatedly said that its astronauts are not stranded, adding that they are healthy and in good spirits. In his post about Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, Elon Musk criticised Biden’s adminration. (NASA, AFP) “Donald Trump has asked SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the International Space Station as soon as possible. We will do so. Terrible that the Biden adminration left them there so long,” the SpaceX CEO wrote in an X post. What are your thoughts on Elon Musk’s X post? Recommended Topics News / Trending / SpaceX to bring back Sunita Williams, Barry Wilmore? Elon Musk says Donald Trump asked him See Less

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