Elon Musk celebrates the SpaceX team for “great work” by bringing marginalized astronauts home, dealing with “domestic terrorism” against his company about his relationship with Trump, and about “Hannity.”
NASA astronauts Butch Willmore and Suni Williams I’ve returned to Earth On Tuesday, after living in space for longer than expected.
Powered by Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hauge and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov (known as Crew 9), SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft landed in the US Bay near Tallahassee, Florida, where SpaceX crew quickly recovered, and the capsules were safe and sounded.
SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft will be seen Tuesday as they landed alongside astronauts Nick Hague, Snie Williams, Butch Wilmore and astronaut Golbunov off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. (Keegan Barber/NASA Via/Getty Images)
Crew 9’s homecoming was led by NASA and SpaceX, and was replaced by the International Space Station (ISS) over the weekend with a new crew of four.
Wilmore and Williams both notched 286 days in spacewhen they arrived at Boeing’s Starliner last June, it was much longer than the approximately one week they were originally supposed to spend on the ISS. Meanwhile, the Hague and Golvnov spent 171 days in space.
NASA astronauts Sniwilliams and Butchwillmore at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5th, 2024. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / via AFP / Getty Images)
As Crew 9 returns to Earth, and new astronauts protect the ISS, we ask questions about how much NASA astronauts are making while they are in orbit.
“When NASA astronauts are on the International Space Station, they receive regular 40 hours of working week salary. They do not receive overtime or holiday/weekend wages,” a NASA spokesman told Fox Business.
NASA Astronaut Salaries It exceeded $152,000 last year, a NASA web page said.
A NASA spokesperson said NASA astronauts are being provided with transportation, accommodation and food as they are “official travel orders.” Federal Employees“While in space.
“They also have long-term TDY (temporary obligations) and receive daily contingent amounts of money they are in space,” a spokesman told Fox Business. “The contingent cost of travelling anywhere is currently $5 a day.”
That accidental rate would probably amount to $1,430 for Willmore and Williams.
The pair’s long stay at the ISS came after NASA and Boeing brought the pair to space, Starliner, decided to return to unmanned Earth in early September. Starliner had experienced “helium leaks” and “spaceship reaction control thruster problems” as he approached the ISS during his June 2024 trip.
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Wilmore, Williams and The Hague conducted over 900 hours of research while in a research field that was on a trajectory about 250 miles on Earth.
“We are excited to be at home after months of maintaining the homes of Sni, Butch, Nick and Alexandre with science, technology demonstrations and on the International Space Station,” Janet Petro, acting NASA administrator, said in a press release Tuesday.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk In an interview with Sean Hannity, we responded to Crew 9’s return home.
“In reality, I’m a bit nervous about these returns because there’s always a risk that something goes wrong, but thanks to the excellent work of the SPACEX team, astronauts are safe at home,” he said.
Elon Musk celebrates the SpaceX team for “great work” by bringing marginalized astronauts home, dealing with “domestic terrorism” against his company about his relationship with Trump, and about “Hannity.”
The billionaire offered SpaceX and NASA teams congratulations on their “good work” and “gifted a big note to President Trump for prioritizing and promoting return.”
On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said the president Donald Trump “We look forward to welcoming Butch and Suni to our oval office when they are retrieved.”
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Trump previously told Laura Ingraham’s Angle host, Laura Ingraham, who wanted to meet with the astronauts after returning home after having time to recover.
“They have to get better. It’ll be a little difficult for them. It’s not easy, you know they’ve been there for a long time, and when they do, they’ll come to the oval office,” he told her.
