She is one of NASA's most experienced astronauts, falling under the GS-15 category in terms of pay scale. As a GS-15 astronaut, Williams earns an estimated annual salary of $152,258 (around ₹1.32 crore), in addition to other perks.

The four newcomers — representing the US, Japan and Russia — will spend the next few days learning the station’s ins and outs from Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams. Then the two will strap into their own SpaceX capsule later this week,

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are set to return to Earth after an extended 10-month mission on the ISS due to technical issues. Their r