Stranded astronaut says he believes Musk’s claims that Biden refused to conduct rescue mission

Barry "Butch" Wilmore said he trusts Elon Musk, who previously told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that former President Joe Biden left the astronauts in space for “political reasons."

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, both Expedition 71 Flight engineers, make pizza aboard the International Space Station's galley located inside the Unity module on Sept. 9, 2024. (NASA via AP)

"We have no information on that, though, whatsoever," Wilmore said. "What was offered, what was not offered, who it was offered to, how that process went. That’s information that we simply don’t have." 

A spokesperson for Biden did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. 

SpaceX’s Dragon is slated to kick off a rescue mission Wednesday and arrive at a space station to retrieve Wilmore and Williams, according to NASA. 

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President Donald Trump has promised to bring home two NASA astronauts stranded at the International Space Station. (Reuters)

"Elon (Musk) is right now preparing a ship to go up and get them," President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday. "We love you, and we're coming up to get you, and you shouldn't have been up there so long."

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"The most incompetent president in our history has allowed that to happen to you, but this president won't let that happen," Trump said. 

Fox News’ Alexandra Koch contributed to this report. 

Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House. 

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