SpaceX delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) early Sunday as part of a NASA crew rotation mission that will bring home two Boeing Starliner astronauts stranded on the ISS for eight months. The lengthy delay occurred because the Biden-Harris regime sought to avoid optically displeasing headlines about Elon Musk rescuing the astronauts before the presidential election last November.
A little more than one day after launching from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A on Friday evening, the Crew-10 astronauts' SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked at the ISS early Sunday morning.
Crew 10 Dragon vehicle arriving! pic.twitter.com/3EZZyZW18b
— Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) March 16, 2025
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov entered the ISS shortly after opening the hatches between the ISS and the Dragon spacecraft around 0035ET.
The @SpaceX #Crew10 members joined the station's Exp 72 crew after the hatch opened at 12:35am ET on Sunday beginning a long-duration space research mission. https://t.co/VrsLob2wh2
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) March 16, 2025
The Crew-10 mission marks the beginning of the long-awaited effort to rescue stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams and bring them home. Both are scheduled to depart the ISS on Wednesday, along with American astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.
Early last week, before the Crew-10 launch, a Washington Post journalist interviewed the stranded astronauts and was shocked to learn that the Biden-Harris regime rejected Musk's space rescue offer ahead of the presidential election.
Wilmore told the WaPo journo: "I can only say that Mr. Musk, what he says is absolutely factual…" He noted that the exact reasons behind the offer being rejected were unknown to him or Williams.
NEW: Astronaut says Elon Musk is “absolutely factual” after a WaPo reporter asked him about how Musk said his rescue efforts were denied for political reasons.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 6, 2025
Musk was condemned by the media for making the comment but it appears the astronauts agree.
Reporter: “Elon Musk has… pic.twitter.com/Qeb8sF8gnT
Recently, Musk revealed on a Joe Rogan podcast that SpaceX offered to rescue the stranded astronauts last year, but Biden-Harris folks rejected the offer "for political reasons." Musk claimed, "There is no way they're going to make anyone supporting Trump look good" ahead of the November presidential elections.
"We offered to bring them back early - this offer was rejected by the Biden administration"0
— Donna Marie (@sabback) March 6, 2025
Joe: "Why?"
Elon: "Political reasons. There is no way they're going to make someone supporting Trump look good."pic.twitter.com/QXVbpDPgKr
X users are saying...
https://t.co/19Exr4I2xS Democrats and the press should watch NASA describe the complexity of the docking process to the ISS all automated by Musk and his SpaceX team. When will the press acknowledge Musk's uncanny accomplishments to better life in the U.S. and around the planet.
— John M. Curtis (@drjmcurtis) March 16, 2025
And the democrats will say nothing about this or even downplay it and berate @elon and @POTUS for doing this.
— Amerigo Vespucci 🇮🇹🇺🇸 (@Amerigo93679262) March 16, 2025
SpaceX capsule docks at ISS successfully — Rescue mission goes according to plan (video).
— Shadow Banned (@ttstrac) March 16, 2025
Elon Musk saving Americans and saving the country
Meanwhile LowIQ democrats destroying private property and burning the country down#Falcon9
This is yet another instance of Democrats putting party over the country in critical decision-making, jeopardizing the lives of two of America's top astronauts in the process.
There should be a hearing on Capitol Hill to investigate this.
