President Donald Trump was asked at the Oval office for an update on the mission of bringing back the Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams of the International Space Station.
Astronauts were part of the Boeing Starliner test flight mission last year and were forced to stay at the station after the tests showed that the ship was not sure for a return flight.
Trump said Elon Musk is ready to climb in two weeks to bring astronauts back.
President Donald Trump speaks at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on March 6, 2025.
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“We are going to get them out. Let’s look for you. I have authorized Elon,” he said, without going into more details.
Trump continued to blame former President Joe Biden for the situation.
Last month, Wilmore told CNN that he and Williams “don’t feel abandoned.”
“I understand why others can think that, but we came prepared. We came committed. That is your human space flight program. It is prepared for each and every one of the contingencies that we can conceive, and we prepare for them. So we change the narration to which we are prepared and we are committed,” he said.
