The two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.
Despite the statement from President Trump, NASA had already scheduled the astronauts' return for late March or April.
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.
Liftoff is scheduled for 8:34 p.m. ET tonight (Jan. 29).
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.
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.
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore removed a broken ISS antenna during their first spacewalk together. Williams set a new female spacewalking record, extending their mission due to Starliner delays.
Several other space companies have plans to construct their own space stations as well, including Northrop Grumman, Axiom Space, Nanoracks and Sierra Space. NASA needs at least one of them on orbit before the ISS is decommissioned, and all of them are counting on market demand to make it there.
NASA reaffirms it is working with SpaceX to bring back the Starliner crew from the International Space Station. Read more.
NASA's two stranded astronauts conducted their first spacewalk together Thursday, stepping outside the International Space Station.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to swab the orbiting lab for evidence of microorganisms.