Sunita and Wilmore will not be paid overtime in space

New York: Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmore will not be paid additional payment for long stay in space. According to the New York Times report, this decision has been taken keeping in mind the NASA rules. Both astronauts remained in space for 278 days more than the scheduled time.

According to NASA’s Directorate of Space Operations Mission, despite the risks involved in the space travel, astronauts will be considered the same as other government employees going to commercial travel in terms of salary. At the International Space Station, astronauts do not get overtime, leave and weekend salary.

According to NASA’s rules, casual allowance for any place travel is $ 5 per day. Wilmore and Sunita will be paid $ 1,430 for an additional 286 days in addition to their annual salary of $ 152,258.