New Delhi, March 17 -- NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are all set to return to Earth after spending nearly nine months in space. The astronauts will return via the Dragon spacecraft of SpaceX by March 19. The replacement, Crew-10, was docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, March 16.

The amount that the astronauts will make for their overstay in space is drawing interest. Well, there is no special overtime salary that NASA astronauts are paid. In that case, Williams and Wilmore might not be paid any special overtime salary for their extended stay in space, according to NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, quoted by Washingtonian, a monthly magazine.

"Astronauts are paid like any federal employee on a busine...