NASA spokeswoman Bethany Stevens credited President Donald Trump for securing the return of two astronauts stranded for more than nine months on the International Space Station.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Stevens said the mission to rescue astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams was a “huge win for the Trump administration.”
The success is just the beginning, she said, as Trump’s nominee to become NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, looks to “Mars and beyond.”
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SpaceX and Polaris Mission Commander Jared Isaacman steps out of the manned Polaris Dawn mission’s “Dragon” capsule after it splashed down off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, on Sept. 15, 2024. (Polaris Program/AFP via Getty Images)
“This is a huge win for the Trump administration. And it would not have happened without President Trump’s intervention. Up next on the docket, to continue implementing President Trump’s ambitious space agenda that he touted in his inaugural address is to confirm his nominee for NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman,” Stevens said.
She highlighted that Isaacman “was the very first civilian to do a human spacewalk” and is a humanitarian who has worked extensively with St. Jude. Like Trump, Isaacman is an “outsider,” she said.
“President Trump was also once considered an outsider, and the American people have put him back into office, just showing how much they appreciate the business side that he brings to the table. And Mr. Isaacman also has a background as an entrepreneur of an extremely successful business,” Stevens said. “I believe that he is well-suited, as do 30 astronauts who wrote in support of him and multiple GOP governors, that he is well suited to take the helm here at NASA and to implement the president’s agenda.”
Last Tuesday, Wilmore, 62, and Williams, 59, splashed down in the Gulf of America off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, after…
