Elon Musk says Donald Trump has asked SpaceX to rescue two astronauts who have been in space for more than seven months — even though NASA has said there's a plan in place.

Late Tuesday afternoon, Elon Musk put out a message on X saying that President Donald Trump had asked him to return the two Boeing Starliner astronauts who have been on the space station since June as soon as possible.

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.

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.

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore completed a spacewalk Thursday while awaiting their delayed return to Earth. Williams set a new spacewalking record for female astronauts during the mission.

SpaceX and Vast Space are looking for research ideas to fly aboard Vast's new Haven-1 space station launching later this year.

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.

Starliner co-pilot Sunita Williams is now the world's most experienced female spacewalker, moving up to No. 4 overall.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams set a female spacewalk record after venturing outside the International Space Station with fellow Boeing Starliner crew member.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk announced this week that SpaceX, the space exploration company founded by Musk, will be tasked with retrieving two NASA astronauts who have been stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024.

The NASA SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts NASA's Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, the United Arab Emirates' Sultan Al Neyadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev moved Crew Dragon Endeavour to another International Space Station docking port.