Posts by President Trump and Elon Musk roiled the space community, raising the prospect of an earlier-than-planned return for the Starliner crew.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted to Truth Social that he’s asked SpaceX founder Elon Musk to retrieve two “brave astronauts” who he said the Biden administration “virtually abandoned” aboard the International Space Station.

US President Donald Trump has criticized the Biden administration for "abandoning" two NASA astronauts currently stranded on the International Space Station.

President Donald Trump has accused the Biden administration of abandoning two astronauts currently on the International Space Station (ISS). The astronauts, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, have been stuck on the ISS since their Boeing Starliner capsule developed issues last summer.

US President Donald Trump said he asked Elon Musk's and SpaceX to “go get” the two NASA astronauts, who have been “abandoned in space”, as soon as possible.

The @POTUS has asked @SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the @SpaceStation as soon as possible. We will do so,” Musk said on his social media app, X, Tuesday evening.

Sunita Williams along with her fellow astronaut Butch Willmore have been at the ISS since June last year. The pair had launched aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 5 for its first crewed flight,

After a gap of more than a year, NASA successfully resumed spacewalks outside the International Space Station on Thursday. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams, dressed in pressurized NASA spacesuits, moved through the Quest airlock and into the vacuum of space.

Suni Williams steps outside the International Space Station for the first time since arriving in June on Boeing’s Starliner.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have spent seven months in space instead of the originally planned eight days US President Donald Trump ha

Two NASA astronauts who have been on the International Space Station since June 2024 are preparing for a spacewalk. A spacewalk, also known as an extravehicular activity (EVA), is when an astronaut leaves their spacecraft and works outside in space.