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What’s Next for Astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams After Return?
Astronauts Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore and Suni Williams face unique challenges following their return home after being stranded on the International Space Station for nine months
Once Wilmore and Williams were safely aboard the ISS, NASA decided in September 2024 it would have to bring Starliner back to earth without any human crew members on board in order to conduct further testing. On March 18, Wilmore and Williams left the ISS to join two other astronauts, NASA’s Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, on board the Crew Dragon spacecraft for a 17-hour journey back to earth. Because Wilmore and Williams were originally contracted for an eight-day mission but spent more than 900 hours doing research by the time of their rescue, NASA addressed whether they would receive overtime pay in addition to their reported $152,000 salaries.
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