"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.

New reports suggest Elon Musk is overstaying his welcome within Trump's inner circle. But the new president may have come up with a solution for that: Launch Musk into space.

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