US President Donald Trump said he asked Elon Musk’s and SpaceX to “go get” the two NASA astronauts, who have been “abandoned in space”, as soon as possible.

Earlier, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were scheduled to return to Earth in February 2025. However, in December, it got deferred once again owing to a delay in launching their replacements, according to NASA.

Trump accused his predecessor, the Biden administration, of virtually abandoning “two brave astronauts” in space.