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

Recent developments in science include NASA's collaboration with SpaceX to return astronauts, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaking the sound barrier, and groundbreaking discoveries like building blocks of life on asteroid Bennu.

Following the explosive failure of the Starship megarocket’s January 16 test flight, residents of the British territory were left with debris-strewn roads and beaches.

NASA's two stuck astronauts are taking their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.

President Trump on Tuesday announced that he has asked SpaceX founder Elon Musk to “go get” two NASA astronauts who have been aboard the International Space Station since June awaiting a return trip to Earth.

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Tuesday evening, vowing vow to bring the NASA pilots home after being stranded in space since the summer.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are supposed to come back to Earth in March, but it's unclear if they will return home sooner.

In a dramatic turn of events, Phyllis Fong, the USDA Inspector General, was escorted out of her office for refusing to comply with her dismissal by the Trump administration. This incident raises questions about the legality and motivations behind her firing and the broader implications for federal oversight.

A spokesperson with NASA, which oversees SpaceX’s flights to the ISS, said “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.”

"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.

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