NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are stuck in space: what will their earnings be?
15 march 2025 в 23:37
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Batch Wilmore were supposed to return home after an eight-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in June 2024 — and their return has not happened yet. The duo has been in space for almost nine months now, but they maintain a positive attitude towards the situation. As for everyone else on Earth, they hope that the astronauts will earn a generous sum of money for their mission. So how much money is Williams and Wilmore expected to earn after their extended adventure on the ISS?
Find out the salaries of the two NASA astronauts below, as well as details of their mission on the ISS.
Yes, at the time of publication, Wilmore and Williams are still in space, awaiting their official flight home.
According to the Associated Press, Wilmore and Williams may return to Earth by the end of March 2025. However, people are skeptical about this because the astronauts' return has been postponed and delayed several times.
Due to malfunctions in the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, including helium leaks and issues with the thrusters, the two astronauts have been stranded in space since June 2024. NASA later rescheduled Wilmore and Williams' return to February 2025 on a SpaceX flight, but the SpaceX capsule needed battery repairs.
The income of Wilmore and Williams from their mission on the ISS has not been disclosed by NASA. However, former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman told Unilad Tech that Williams and Wilmore may only receive about $ 4 a day.
«There is a small amount of money each day for incidentals that they actually owe you», - Coleman said, adding that the income could be as little as $ 4 a day.
Williams and Wilmore still maintain a positive attitude towards their mission. During a recent interview, Williams noted that this experience «brings attention» to space exploration.
«There's good and bad in that», - he said, adding, «But I think the good part is that more and more people are interested in what we’re doing».
Indeed, it is reported that civilian astronauts earn an annual salary ranging from $ 104,898 to $ 161,141
Find out the salaries of the two NASA astronauts below, as well as details of their mission on the ISS.
Yes, at the time of publication, Wilmore and Williams are still in space, awaiting their official flight home.
According to the Associated Press, Wilmore and Williams may return to Earth by the end of March 2025. However, people are skeptical about this because the astronauts' return has been postponed and delayed several times.
Due to malfunctions in the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, including helium leaks and issues with the thrusters, the two astronauts have been stranded in space since June 2024. NASA later rescheduled Wilmore and Williams' return to February 2025 on a SpaceX flight, but the SpaceX capsule needed battery repairs.
The income of Wilmore and Williams from their mission on the ISS has not been disclosed by NASA. However, former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman told Unilad Tech that Williams and Wilmore may only receive about $ 4 a day.
«There is a small amount of money each day for incidentals that they actually owe you», - Coleman said, adding that the income could be as little as $ 4 a day.
Williams and Wilmore still maintain a positive attitude towards their mission. During a recent interview, Williams noted that this experience «brings attention» to space exploration.
«There's good and bad in that», - he said, adding, «But I think the good part is that more and more people are interested in what we’re doing».
Indeed, it is reported that civilian astronauts earn an annual salary ranging from $ 104,898 to $ 161,141
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