Astronaut Don Pettit, who has been at the International Space Station since September, is set to land Saturday in Kazakhstan ...

Astronaut Butch Wilmore said responsibility for the troubled Boeing Starliner flight falls on him, but also on NASA, Boeing ...

Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams had to stay at the International Space Station for nine months after their capsule malfunctioned.

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NASA astronaut Don Pettit celebrates his 70th birthday with a spectacular return from the International Space Station after 220 days in orbit.

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent 286 days on the International Space Station after technical issues bedeviled their ...

Since Wilmore and Williams spent 286 days in space, this amounts to $1,430 in incidental pay for each astronaut. NASA shared several posts on X, formerly Twitter, to document the astronauts ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned after a 9-month stay in space, far longer than their planned one-week mission. NASA astronauts earn a fixed salary of $100,287–$155,034 ...

As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA ...

But their prolonged mission is not the first time astronaut crews have spent a longer duration in space than planned, NASA says. Both Wilmore and Williams transitioned to “long-duration ...

Just like the rest of us, NASA astronauts pay taxes. Astronauts are supposed to file taxes no matter where they are working, even on the International Space Station (ISS). In 1970, in fact ...