NASA has stated that it is working 'expeditiously' with SpaceX to bring astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore from the International Space Station (ISS) as soon as possible. Their much-anticipated return became a focal point after US President Donald Trump asked SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to rescue the duo.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June 2024 for what was initially an eight-day mission. Due to propulsion system issues, NASA deemed Starliner unsafe for their return and reassigned them to SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission in September.

Soon after U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, and the slew of executive orders that followed, claims ( archived) circulated that space agency NASA was shutting down its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices.

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Trump Tasks Elon Musk To Bring Home Stranded Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore |Firstpost America |N18G US President Donald Trump has tasked billionaire Elon Musk to bring back stranded NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station.

NASA on Wednesday (local time) said it was working with billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX to safely return the astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who are for months struck at International Space Station (ISS),

In a post on X Tuesday, Musk blamed former president Biden and his administration for the delay in the astronauts' return.