India, March 26 -- NASA has credited the return of Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams to US President Donald Trump. The two astronauts returned to Earth on March 18 after being stranded in space for nine months. They were forced to extend their week-long stay at the International Space Station (ISS) after their Boeing Starliner was met with technical difficulties. As the duo splashed down off the coast of Florida earlier this month, a spokeswoman for the space agency said that the rescue mission was a "huge win for the Trump administration."

After the Boeing spacecraft met with failures, Elon Musk's aeronautics company took over to bring Wilmore and Williams back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

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