WATCH: SpaceX Crew Arrives to Rescue Astronauts Biden Left Stranded In Space

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Another promise kept!

After President Trump and Elon Musk vowed to rescue the NASA astronauts stranded in space for more than nine months, Elon Musk sent a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule up to get them.

The SpaceX capsule has just officially docked at the International Space Station.

A video of the moment the SpaceX crew arrived and met the two abandoned astronauts, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, is going viral online.

Watch that incredible moment for yourself right here:

Elon Musk had wanted to rescue the NASA astronauts much sooner, but his plans were shot down by the Biden administration.

The two astronauts sent this message to Elon Musk, thanking him for rescuing them when Biden wouldn’t:

Due to weather restraints, the astronauts are scheduled to arrive back on Earth in Florida on Wednesday, March 19th around 5:57 ET.

Per India Today:

Nasa has confirmed that astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months due to technical issues with their Starliner spacecraft, will return to Earth in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.

The two astronauts, originally on a 10-day mission, found themselves unable to return after their Boeing Starliner capsule experienced propulsion malfunctions. Their return is now set to take place aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, which successfully docked at the ISS on Sunday. They will be joined by Nasa astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.

Nasa stated that the ocean splashdown is expected to occur near the Florida coast at approximately 5:57 pm ET on Tuesday (2157 GMT and 3:27 am IST on March 19). The return was initially scheduled for Wednesday but was moved up to ensure better weather conditions for the landing.

“The updated return target continues to allow the space station crew members time to complete handover duties while providing operational flexibility ahead of less favourable weather conditions expected for later in the week,” Nasa said in a statement.

The arrival of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule is part of Nasa’s routine crew rotation mission, but this flight took on added urgency as it became the long-awaited means of returning Williams and Wilmore to Earth.



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