Elon Musk Blames Politics for Delayed Return of Sunita Williams, But NASA Denies Abandoning Astronauts

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:06pm on 19 Feb 2025,Wednesday International

Elon Musk accused former US President Joe Biden of delaying the return of astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore for "political reasons." In a Fox News interview with Donald Trump, Musk claimed NASA postponed their return "to a ridiculous degree." Williams and Wilmore have been aboard the space station for 258 days, far longer than planned. However, both astronauts denied feeling "stranded" and acknowledged the mission was a test flight. NASA cited technical reasons for the delay, not politics. Williams is now scheduled to return on March 19.

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