Tech billionaire Elon Musk‘s efforts that succeeded in bringing back two stranded NASA astronauts gave him a political win after weeks of growing criticism related to his work with the Department of Government Efficiency.

Musk’s SpaceX returned Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams to Earth Tuesday evening, with the Crew Dragon capsule landing on the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, just before 6 p.m.

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