It was a significant return to Nasa Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ home, when they finally returned to Earth after spending nine months in space – but now the asking minds want to know how much they would be paid for their prolonged stay at the International Space Station?
After months of delays, Wilmore and Williams – who launched in space in June 2024 – safely scattered around 18:00, local time, off the coast of Florida, on Tuesday, March 18. Joining them for the ride were NASA’s astronaut Nick Hag and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov, who has been in space since September.
Among the many possible questions about the crew mission-9, what will be to adapt to the life of the earth-there is one who is relatively easy to answer: how much they made in space and will receive extra work for overtime, since their mission lasted months longer than initially expected?
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In this handing out of NASA, the maintenance teams work on the Spacex Dragon spacecraft shortly after landing with NASA Nas Hag, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore and Roscosmos Alexander Gorbunov on board on March 18, 2025.
The answer to this question is not, according to NASA. In a statement shared with the people on March 18, the agency said: “When NASA astronauts are aboard the International Space Station, they receive regular 4-hour salaries for work week. They do not receive overtime or holiday/pay over the weekend.”
“While in space, NASA astronauts are officially traveling as federal employees, so their transport, accommodation and meals are provided,” the statement continued. “They are also in the long -term TDY and receive the sum of incidents for every day in space.
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Astronauts fall into the general schedule (GS) 12-13 pay level. According to federalpay.org, “This class is given to high -level scientists with advanced degrees/training,” the website said. “Astronauts have a doctoral degree and a lot of specialized training, so they qualify for one of these two degrees.”
According to the US office of the GS payment table for 2024 staff management for the Houston area (where NASA’s Johnson Space Center is based), the pay scale for the GS 12-13 degrees ranges from $ 100 2,87 to $ 155,034.
NASA’s website also points out that the astronaut’s annual salary is about $ 152,258, reflecting pay rates 2024.
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As for how much More They may end, Caddy Coleman, a retired astronaut from NASA, who worked at the International Space Station (ISS) from December 2010 to May 2011. Washington that her incidents are $ 4 a day.
“There is a small amount of money a day for incidents that are ultimately legally obliged to pay you,” she said.
Although it remains unclear what the current rate is, if the percentage of Coleman incidents is applied within 286 days, which Wilmore and Williams spend in space, it will mean that they have received an additional $ 1.144.
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Meanwhile, on Friday, March 14, a new crew arrived, replacing Wilmore, Williams, Hague and Roscosmos. The new crew, part of a joint mission of Spacex and NASA, consists of astronauts Anne McLain and Nicole Ayers, along with the Jax Mission Specialists (Japanese Aerospace Agency) Astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos Kiril Peskov.
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