Donald Trump tells astronauts “Oval Office time, right?” after space station call
“Great job. Very proud. We're going to see you when you get back. In fact, if you want, Oval Office time, right?”
Reported August 29, 2026 by prokerala.com. Checked word for word against that report.
On Friday, President Donald Trump called the International Space Station from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and spoke with astronauts Anil Menon, Jessica Meir, and Jack Hathaway. Trump praised their daring and patriotism, and near the end of the call, he congratulated them and offered them a chance to meet in the Oval Office after they returned to Earth. Menon, a Space Force colonel raised in Minneapolis by Indian and Ukrainian immigrants, told the president about his recent spacewalk, while Trump outlined his proposal for a Space Academy and emphasized the military importance of space. Menon launched to the station on July 14 aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft with two cosmonauts and is due back in April 2027. Anna Menon, his wife, also greeted the crew from the Houston center.
- prokerala.com ↗︎29 AUG 2026