New Delhi, March 6 -- Elon Musk reiterated his claim on Thursday that his company SpaceX "could have sent up another Dragon and brought" back the astronauts "stuck in space" home 6 months ago. But, he said, "the Biden White House [not NASA] refused to allow it."

Musk said in a post on X that US President Donald Trump "asked to bring them back as soon as possible, and we are doing so."

The SpaceX owner's comments came after NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore reacted to Elon Musk's claim about bringing "stranded astronauts" back to Earth early.

".what Mr. Musk says is absolutely factual," Butch said, adding that he didn't have details of Musk's "offer".

During a press conference on March 5, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore and N...