NASA’s Starliner astronauts were originally scheduled to stay aboard the ISS for eight days after arriving in June 2024. Little did they know they would be up for there for almost a year, flying through space while at the center of a political storm back on Earth.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have shared a video of NASA's two stuck astronauts—which included one thanking the pair—ahead of their return to Earth. They shared the clip from earlier this month on their social media accounts as a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday,

NASA Asronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore, who are to return to earth after being stranded in space for over nine months, expressed gratitude for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump.

Elon Musk shared a video of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore thanking him and US President Donald Trump for their support. This comes after previous claims that the astronauts were abandoned at the ISS for political reasons by the previous administration.