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.

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.

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Tuesday evening, vowing vow to bring the NASA pilots home after being stranded in space since the summer.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been aboard the ISS for over 8 months—far beyond their planned stay. Initially set to return via Boeing's Starliner, technical failures forced NASA to turn to SpaceX for their return.

Elon Musk took to X to state President Trump has asked for the quick return of two NASA astronauts who flew to space in June.

Donald Trump has tasked billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring back stranded NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station. For all the latest world news, analysis and updates,

Donald Trump asks Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring back stranded Nasa astronauts from International Space Station - US president says he has asked Elon Musk for help to return stranded astronauts ‘as soon

The president has claimed the previous administration abandoned the astronauts and has called on Elon Musk for aid.

President Donald Trump signed several sweeping executive orders on Wednesday to overhaul the American education system, primarily by removing so-called progressive ideologies from school hallways and classrooms. Homan ignored the poor optics of disparaging the host in his defense of Trump's immigration crackdown.

Following reports that Musk has overstayed his welcome in the president’s inner circle, Trump asks the billionaire to “go get” two stranded astronauts.

Buttigieg pointed out that the U.S. hasn't had a deadly airline crash in 16 years and that Trump fired "key personnel who helped keep our skies safe."