NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, currently aboard the International Space Station, have refuted claims that they were stranded or abandoned by the previous administration. Responding to allegations from President Trump and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the astronauts emphasized that they were always prepared for contingencies and understood that their stay might be extended. They requested a change in the narrative from 'stranded' to 'prepared and committed'.
NASA ’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — the two astronauts who launched on Boeing Starliner ’s first crewed test flight and have been in low-Earth orbit since June — want to set the record straight: They aren’t stranded on the International Space Station , and they weren’t abandoned.
” But NASA had already put such a plan in place in August — well before Musk or Trump mentioned it — when the agency asked SpaceX to return Williams and Wilmore from the International Space Station as part of its Crew-9 mission. A delay in that departure was then announced in December because mission teams said they needed more time to prepare a new SpaceX vehicle.
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