{"id":2412848,"date":"2025-03-12T14:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-launch-mission-set-to-retrieve-astronauts-stranded-on-iss-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T14:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:16:01","slug":"spacex-launch-mission-set-to-retrieve-astronauts-stranded-on-iss-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-launch-mission-set-to-retrieve-astronauts-stranded-on-iss-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launch: Mission set to retrieve astronauts stranded on ISS &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspacex-launch-mission-set-to-retrieve-astronauts-stranded-on-iss-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412848&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - 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However, a malfunction in the spacecraft during takeoff deemed it too risky for the astronauts to return. The Boeing Starliner returned to Earth without its crew in September 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wilmore and Williams will return on the Crew Dragon capsule, which has been on the ISS since September. The spacecraft was supposed to return then but was delayed until a subsequent launch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Space X CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> and President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> accused the Biden administration of delaying the astronauts&rsquo; return for political reasons, alleging that former President Joe Biden did not want to give Musk, one of Trump&rsquo;s biggest supporters, credit for their return ahead of the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no way that they&rsquo;re going to make anyone who&rsquo;s supporting Trump look good,&rdquo; Musk said on the <em>Joe Rogan Experience<\/em> podcast. &ldquo;We could have brought them back way sooner.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Former NASA Administrator Bill Nelson denied knowing of any offer from Musk to retrieve the stranded astronauts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It certainly did not come to my attention,&rdquo; Nelson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/03\/04\/starliner-astronauts-musk-spacex-nasa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. &ldquo;There was no discussion of that whatsoever. Maybe he sent a message to some lower-level person.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/space\/3340595\/stranded-nasa-astronauts-space-butch-wilmore-sunita-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STRANDED NASA ASTRONAUTS RETURNING TO EARTH AFTER NINE MONTHS IN SPACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On March 6, Trump shared a message of support to the astronauts while also attacking the Biden administration for failing to retrieve the pair.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We love you and we&rsquo;re coming up to get you,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;And you shouldn&rsquo;t have been up there so long.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2037037\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2037037\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX launch: Mission set to retrieve astronauts stranded on ISS Space X is scheduled to launch its Crew-10 mission craft on Wednesday at 8 p.m. from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to retrieve two astronauts who\u2019ve been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months. 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