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What's the truth about Trump and Musk's claim that the return of two NASA astronauts was delayed by the Biden White House?

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Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched on the first crewed flight of Boeing 's Starliner spacecraft on June 5, 2024 .

They remain in space today after NASA decided it would be best they did not fly home in their malfunctioning spacecraft.

President Trump and SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the astronauts' return was held up by the Biden White House .

A Danish astronaut named Andreas Mogensen asserted that Musk was lying.

Elon Musk claims he made an offer directly to senior officials in the Biden administration.

SpaceX vice president Bill Gerstenmaier was asked directly what offer Musk was referring to.

But it does seem clear that Biden administration never communicated such an offer to lower-level officials within NASA .

NASA administrator Ken Bowersox confirmed that decision was made at the programmatic level.

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