No clarity on plan for return of US astronauts stuck at ISS

US President Donald Trump and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced their intent to return two astronauts from the International Space Station quickly, even though NASA has already scheduled their return for March. The astronauts in question, Sunita Will...

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Astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore
US President Donald Trump and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk issued separate statements Tuesday night in the US, claiming that SpaceX will "go get" two astronauts on the International Space Station "as soon as possible," despite NASA's already announced plans to bring them home on a SpaceX capsule around March.

SpaceX is already on the hook to return Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, the two astronauts Musk and Trump are presumably referencing in their social media posts and who have received increased media attention over their extended mission in orbit.

It's unclear exactly what Trump and Musk mean considering the capsule that NASA has tasked with returning the astronauts is already up in space.


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