The four American astronauts aboard the ISS, including the Boeing Starliner crew, spoke to USA TODAY in an exclusive interview Tuesday.

Posts by President Trump and Elon Musk roiled the space community, raising the prospect of an earlier-than-planned return for the Starliner crew.

President Donald Trump has accused the Biden administration of abandoning two astronauts currently on the International Space Station (ISS). The astronauts, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, have been stuck on the ISS since their Boeing Starliner capsule developed issues last summer.

The president has asked SpaceX to bring home the stranded Starliner mission astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Butch Wilmore.

NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX are racing to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded on the ISS due to Boeing Starliner delays.

Sunita Williams along with her fellow astronaut Butch Willmore have been at the ISS since June last year. The pair had launched aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 5 for its first crewed flight,

Williams was accompanied by fellow astronaut, Butch Wilmore, on her ninth spacewalk. It was Wilmore's fifth spacewalk. According to NASA, Williams now has 62 hours and six minutes of total spacewalk time, which places her fourth on the space agency's all-time list.

NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have been on the International Space Station since June, even though they initially expected to stay for just eight days. They'll be back on Earth in late March.

Starliner co-pilot Sunita Williams is now the world's most experienced female spacewalker, moving up to number four overall.

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on an unexpectedly monthslong assignment after serving on Boeing’s Starliner crewed test flight, are conducting a spacewalk Thursday. The

Stranded NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore conducted a spacewalk outside of the International Space Center on Thursday for maintenance.