An early morning post by US President Donald Trump caused some furrowed brows in the space community after he instructed Elon Musk to "go get" the crew of Boeing's Starliner, who are currently enjoying an unexpected stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

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.

The astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station aboard the Boeing Starliner are in good health, a NASA spokesperson has said, dismissing fake online reports of their death. The false narrative also includes false quotes attributed to Elon Musk.

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.”

President Donald Trump has ordered Elon Musk and SpaceX to “go get” astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. The pair have been at the ISS since June 2024 due to an issue with the Boeing Starliner. Trump and Musk have bizarrely opted to blame the previous administration for the delay in returning the astronauts home.

Boeing is warning of another hit to its bottom line, at least partly at the hands of the company's Calamity Capsule, the CST-100 Starliner.

Former President Donald Trump has called on Elon Musk and SpaceX to assist in bringing two NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, back from the International Space Station (ISS).

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President Donald Trump said on social media Tuesday that he asked Elon Musk and SpaceX to "go get" stranded astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station, blaming the

Despite the statement from President Trump, NASA had already scheduled the astronauts' return for late March or April.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Elon Musk's company SpaceX will "soon" begin a mission to repatriate two American astronauts who have been stranded for months on the International Space Station.