Air Force None After leaving the federal government's operations in shambles and causing major confusion over healthcare funding, SpaceX CEO and White House advisor Elon Musk is prioritizing the delivery of a pair of luxurious Boeing 747s so he and president Donald Trump can jet around in style.

Elon Musk is working with Boeing on behalf of President Donald Trump in order to speed up replacements for the president’s planes, known as Air Force One, that are over budget and behind schedule.

While Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s situation is unusual, their return trip will be pretty routine, as they were already slated to fly home on a SpaceX capsule as part of a scheduled crew rotation.

Boeing's Air Force One program is more than $2 billion over budget and the aircraft have been delayed. President Donald Trump struck a deal for the replacement aircraft during his first term. Boeing is working with Trump advisor Elon Musk on ways to deliver delayed,

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to swab the orbiting lab for evidence of microorganisms.

"NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to safely return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as soon as practical, while also preparing for the launch of Crew-10 to complete a handover between expeditions," Cheryl Warner, NASA's news chief at the agency's headquarters, said in a statement to reporters.

President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social that he's asked Elon Musk and SpaceX to retrieve two astronauts he says were "abandoned" by former President Joe Biden on the International Space Station.

President Donald Trump asked billionaire Elon Musk to “go get” two astronauts that have been aboard the International Space Station since June 2024, claiming the Biden administration had “virtually abandoned” them even though NASA has said for months it plans to bring them home soon.

Elon Musk has shared a post from Donald Trump calling for him to bring two "stranded" astronauts home. But there's already a plan for that.

Despite the statement from President Trump, NASA had already scheduled the astronauts' return for late March or April.

Elon Musk has taken on a new role as the First Buddy: monitoring the progress on the long-awaited revamped Air Force One jets. The new Air Force One planes, made by Boeing, are currently $2.7 billion over budget and three years behind schedule.