Stranded Astronaut Confirms Biden Shot Down Musk’s Offer to Bring Pair Home: ‘Absolutely Factual’

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One of the NASA astronauts trapped on the International Space Station said he believes Elon Musk’s claim that the Biden administration rejected the SpaceX CEO’s offer to help bring the team home.

Barry “Butch” Wilmore made the comment Tuesday during an in-orbit press conference with fellow castaway Sunita Williams nine months after their Boeing Starliner capsule malfunctioned and left the pair stuck on the ISS.

One questioner asked about Musk’s recent claim that former President Joe Biden had intentionally stalled their rescue for “political reasons.”

In an earlier question, Wilmore denied that politics had anything to do with the team’s delayed departure, but he seemed to shift his stance when answering the later question.

“I can only say that Mr. Musk, what he says, is absolutely factual … I believe him,” he said.

SpaceX launched a Crew Dragon capsule to rescue the pair last September, but after it docked at the space station, NASA opted to stall its return.

Musk, who donated $288 million to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that working with him to bring the astronauts back would have made Trump “look good” and that Biden “didn’t want the publicity” so close to the presidential election.

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Stranded astronaut confirms Biden shot down Musk’s offer to bring pair home: ‘Absolutely factual’

One of the NASA astronauts trapped on the International Space Station said he believes Elon Musk’s claim that the Biden administration rejected his offer to help bring the team home.

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I believe it.

 

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Trump tells stranded astronauts ‘we’re coming up to get you,’ teases SpaceX mission ‘in two weeks’​

WASHINGTON — President Trump told a pair of astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station for nearly a year that “we’re coming up to get you,” as Elon Musk is apparently preparing to launch a SpaceX capsule in about two weeks.

Trump, 78, mused Thursday about the possibility of personally launching a rescue team into orbit to help bring astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth — and blasted former President Joe Biden for their eight-day mission stretching to nine months and counting.

“Biden left them up there,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “We have two astronauts that are stuck in space. I have asked Elon, I said, ‘Do me a favor. Can you get them out?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He is preparing to go up, I think in two weeks.”

Trump tells stranded astronauts ‘we’re coming up to get you,’ teases SpaceX mission ‘in two weeks’

“Biden left them up there,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “We have two astronauts that are stuck in space. I have asked Elon, I said, ‘Do me a favor. Can you get …

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SpaceX launches new crew to ISS to finally relieve NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts​

SpaceX successfully launched Crew Dragon 10 to the International Space Station Friday night on a mission that will return NASA’s two stranded astronauts back to Earth after nine long months in orbit.

The Crew-10 mission lifted off just after 7 p.m. in a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is expected to arrive at the ISS late Saturday night to relieve astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who could splashdown in the Sunshine State as early as Wednesday.

SpaceX launches new crew to ISS to finally relieve NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams need SpaceX to get this relief team to the space station before they can check out. Arrival is set for late Saturday night.

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SpaceX Crew-10 successfully docks at International Space Station, paving way for stranded NASA astronauts’ return to Earth​

SpaceX’s Crew-10 mission successfully docked at the International Space Station on Sunday morning, setting the stage to finally retrieve the two NASA astronauts who have been stuck in orbit for months.

The Space-X space capsule docked at the ISS at 12:05 a.m. EST Sunday morning after lifting off Friday from Florida.

Video feed showing Crew-10’s dramatic docking onto the ISS was shared live on X.

SpaceX Crew-10 successfully docks at International Space Station, paving way for stranded NASA astronauts’ return to Earth

SpaceX Crew-10 mission successfully docked at the International Space Station, setting the stage to rescue two stranded NASA astronauts who have been stuck in space for months.

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Stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams safely splash down in SpaceX capsule after 9 months on ISS​

The US astronauts stranded on the International Space Station are home at last — more than nine months after their days-long jaunt into orbit turned into a headline-grabbing space odyssey.

Butch Wilmore, 62, and 59-year-old Suni Williams splashed down off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., just before 6 p.m. EST Tuesday, concluding a 17-hour return journey from the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom capsule.

Their triumphant homecoming came a baffling 278 days behind schedule — when they first arrived at the ISS in June 2024, they were scheduled to stay for just about 10 days.

Stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams safely splash down in SpaceX capsule after 9 months on ISS

The US astronauts stranded on the International Space Station are home at last — more than nine months after their days-long jaunt into orbit turned into a headline-grabbing space odyssey.

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Rescued astronaut reveals who’s to blame for being stuck in space for 9 months, says he’s ‘grateful’ Trump taking an active role in space programs​

Rescued US astronaut Butch Wilmore said he’s “grateful” President Trump is taking an “active role” in space flight programs — saying it’s “refreshing” the current administration has shown a keen interest.

In his first interview since returning to Earth after being stuck in space for nine months, Wilmore told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” that the president — as well as SpaceX founder Elon Musk — had earned his trust.

“I have no reason not to believe anything they say because they’ve earned my trust,” Wilmore, 62, said.

Rescued astronaut reveals who’s to blame for being stuck in space for 9 months, says he’s ‘grateful’ Trump taking an active role in space programs

Butch Wilmore gave his first interview since returning to Earth after being stuck in space for nine months.

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Rescued astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore reveal failures on the Boeing Starliner were far dire than originally reported​

Rescued US astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore revealed that malfunctions on the Boeing Starliner were far dire than originally reported as the latter described the stomach-dropping moment they lost all control of the capsule.

Wilmore gave a near minute-by-minute retelling of what went through his mind when four thrusters on the Boeing-made spacecraft failed while he and Williams were attempting to dock at the International Space Station.

The near-catastrophic crisis caused Wilmore to lose full control of the plagued capsule, leaving the seasoned astronauts floating in the vast void of space until NASA’s mission control came to their rescue.

“I don’t know that we can come back to Earth at that point,” Wilmore, 62, recalled in an interview with Ars Technica.

Rescued astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore reveal failures on the Boeing Starliner were far dire than originally reported

The seasoned astronauts were left floating in space after four thrusters caused the capsule to lose all control.

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