Party Text

Will Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore get overtime pay for 9 extra months in space? No.

Arrow

According to NASA rules, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore don't get overtime for their unexpectedly long stay on the International Space Station. But they do get $5 a day for "incidental expenses."

If your eight-day work trip was unexpectedly extended to nine months, you might expect to get some overtime pay.

Not so for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the NASA astronauts who spent 278 extra days on the International Space Station after their spacecraft malfunctioned. On Tuesday, they landed on Florida's Gulf Coast, bringing an end to a saga that had captivated the nation since last summer.