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

Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX will bring back two NASA astronauts stranded on the ISS due to Boeing’s Starliner issues.

SpaceX and NASA reinforce mission assurance, ensuring safe ISS crew retrieval as Boeing’s Starliner faces setbacks. Learn about their critical partnership ...

Elon Musk posted on X (formerly Twitter): "The President has asked SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the ISS as soon as possible. We will do so. Terrible that the Biden administration ...

Donald Trump asks Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring back stranded Nasa astronauts from International Space Station - US president ...

US President Donald Trump says he has asked Elon Musk's SpaceX to return two NASA astronauts from the International Space ...

For his part, Musk had written in an earlier post on his own social media platform X that Mr. Trump had asked SpaceX to get the Starliner astronauts home as soon as possible, adding that “we will do ...