Elon Musk is working with Boeing on behalf of President Donald Trump in order to speed up replacements for the president’s planes, known as Air Force One, that are over budget and behind schedule.

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.

Boeing's Air Force One program is more than $2 billion over budget and the aircraft have been delayed. President Donald Trump struck a deal for the replacement aircraft during his first term. Boeing is working with Trump advisor Elon Musk on ways to deliver delayed,

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.

President Donald Trump asked billionaire Elon Musk to “go get” two astronauts that have been aboard the International Space Station since June 2024, claiming the Biden administration had “virtually abandoned” them even though NASA has said for months it plans to bring them home soon.

President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social that he's asked Elon Musk and SpaceX to retrieve two astronauts he says were "abandoned" by former President Joe Biden on the International Space Station.

Despite the statement from President Trump, NASA had already scheduled the astronauts' return for late March or April.

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The Federal Aviation Administration is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 years without a leader because Elon Musk helped push him out. Michael Whitaker stepped down as FAA administrator on January 20th,

"NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to safely return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as soon as practical, while also preparing for the launch of Crew-10 to complete a handover between expeditions," Cheryl Warner, NASA's news chief at the agency's headquarters, said in a statement to reporters.

In a post on X Tuesday, Musk blamed former president Biden and his administration for the delay in the astronauts' return.