Spacex’s CEO Elon Musk claimed that he had offered NASA astronauts to be brought back from the International Space Station (ISS), but the Biden administration did not allow it. Musk said that these astronauts had gone for only 8 days of mission, but are now stuck on ISS for 8 months. He said that Spacex could bring him back six months ago, but the White House stopped. Now this process has been started at the behest of former President Donald Trump. Let us know that butch Wilmore with Sunita williams is also stuck on ISS. In June last year, Williams and Wilmore arrived at ISS for an eight -day mission. The return of Williams and Wilmore became difficult due to the technical problem in Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.

In fact, recently, it was claimed through a post on X that Astronaut Buch Wilmore went to ISS from Boeing Starlineer Said Is that his return was delayed due to political reasons. The case has now caught more fire, because its Alan Musk also said the same thing and agreed to it. He said in his post that Spacex would have already brought the stranded astronauts if the White House does not interrupt. He wrote in his post, “Spacex could send a dragon spacecraft only six months ago, but the Biden administration (not NASA) did not allow it. Now President Trump has asked to bring him back as soon as possible, and that is what we are doing.”

Musk’s reply to confirm the news came after the news that NASA also confessed the same thing. It was claimed here that NASA said in its statement, “It was known that Alan Musk was right. The Biden administration did not allow Astronauts to return home for political reasons.”

Elon Musk claimed that the Biden administration did not want to give positive publicity to Spacex before the election, so the mission was stopped. Musk is considered a supporter of former President Trump, in such a situation, the controversy seems to grow further after this statement.

Preparations are being made to return to Earth this month of Astronaut Sunita Williams. Butch Wilmore will also return with Williams. Both these astronauts will be brought back from the dragon spacecraft of Spacex. In June last year, Williams and Wilmore arrived at ISS for an eight -day mission. The return of Williams and Wilmore became difficult due to the technical problem in Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Starlineer Spacecraft was finding it difficult to reach ISS. The leak of helium from this spacecraft was a big difficulty. ISS was commanded by Astronaut Oleg Kononenko of Russia to Williams.

NASA has reported that Williams and Wilmore will replace Crew-10 astronauts. Crew 10 Mission will reach ISS on March 12. These astronauts will assign Williams and Wilmore responsibilities. A week later, both these astronauts will return to the earth. This mission includes astronauts anne mxi (commander) and nichole ayers (pilots). They will accompany Mission’s Specialists Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) Astronaut, Takuya Onishi and Russia’s Space Agency ROSCOSMOS cosmonott, Kirill Peskov.

Donald Trump on Sunita williams: American space agency NASA’s veteran astronaut Sunita Williams and his colleague Buch Wilmore will get only 5 US dollars (Rs 430) per day as overtime despite unplanned in space for 278 days.

Actually, when this information came in front of US President Donald Trump, he expressed surprise and said, “That’s all?

Astronauts stuck for 9 months
Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmore went to a week’s mission in June 2023 last year, but their mission rose by 9 months due to technical fault in Boeing Starlineer spacecraft and recently returned to Earth on 19 March 2024. According to NASA’s rules, no special salary is given for their overtime or additional tenure. However, they get a minor daily allowance, which is fixed at $ 5 (Rs 430) per day. After an additional tenure of 278 days, they will get a total of US $ 1,430 (Rs 1,22,980).

When a reporter asked Trump if these astronauts would be given additional salary, they replied, “No one talked to me about it. If needed, I will pay from my pocket.”

NASA astronaut overtime policy
All astronauts of NASA are federal employees, whose salary is fixed according to a certain grade. Sunita Williams gets a salary of US $ 152,258 (Rs 1.30 crore) annually as GS-15 level employee, including health insurance and housing allowance. However, they are not paid for overtime, weekend or holidays.

How much does Sunita Williams get salary?
Trump commented on this situation and praised his old colleague and tech veteran Alan Musk. Williams and Wilmore were brought back to Earth with the help of SpaceX’s dragon capsules. He said, “If we did not have Alan Musk, he would be stuck in space for a long time. Who else would have brought him?” He also targeted the Biden administration and said that NASA needs to improve the safety and salary policy of these passengers.

Donald Trump on Sunita williams: US President Donald Trump said in a statement on Friday (March 21) that he was not aware that NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmor did not receive overtime salary for unexpectedly increased migration at the International Space Station (ISS). According to the report, both astronauts were to get a total payment of $ 1,430 ($ 5) for 286 days, but it has not been given yet.

Donald Trump reacted to this issue and said, ‘Nobody told me this. If needed, I will pay from my pocket. He further said that this amount is not very much and it is very less than that of astronauts.

Trump praised Spacex and Allen Musk

Trump appreciated Spacex and his CEO Allen Musk, who helped Williams, Wilmore, Nick Heg and Russian Astronaut Alexander Gorbunov back to Earth. All of them were landed in the sea near the coast of Florida through the dragon spacecraft of Spacex on Wednesday (March 19).

Delay due to technical flaws

Sunita Williams and Buch Willmore who were Test Pilots of Boeing’s new Starlineer Capsule. He was sent on an eight -day mission, but he was stuck there for more than nine months. During this time, his spacecraft revealed serious technical problems like helium leaks and the thruster failure, due to which he could not be brought back. Trump said, ‘If we did not have Alan Musk, they could have been stuck there for a long time. The body starts to weaken after nine-ten months and after 14-15 months, the situation could have worsened.

Trump mentioned attacks on Tesla

In his statement, Trump also mentioned Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla and said that it has recently been a victim of some attacks and sabotage. He compared these incidents to the riots in Capital Hill on 6 January 2021. After this statement by Trump, this matter has become a matter of discussion, but so far there has been no formal response from NASA or US administration.