Kenneth Visser, a former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) engineer with a long resume, is bringing his talents to Calvin University and launching an aerospace engineering program.
SpaceX and NASA reinforce mission assurance, ensuring safe ISS crew retrieval as Boeing’s Starliner faces setbacks. Learn about their critical partnership
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.
The astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station aboard the Boeing Starliner are in good health, a NASA spokesperson has said, dismissing fake online reports of their death. The false narrative also includes false quotes attributed to Elon Musk.
NASA has repeatedly delayed rescue operations for stranded astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were only expected to be on the station for a week. The pair have been stranded since June.
Donald Trump has asked Elon Musk’s SpaceX to return two stranded Nasa astronauts from the International Space Station “as soon as possible”. The two American astronauts were left stuck in space when their Boeing Starliner craft developed a fault during a test mission in June last year.
President Trump said Tuesday that he “asked Elon Musk and @SpaceX to ‘go get’ the 2 brave astronauts who have been virtually abandoned in space.” “I have just asked Elon Musk and @SpaceX to ‘go get’ the 2 brave astronauts who have been virtually abandoned in space by the Biden Administration,
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been on the ISS for seven months after their 10-day mission was unexpectedly extended.
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.
Despite the statement from President Trump, NASA had already scheduled the astronauts' return for late March or April.
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.