Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams are set to return to Earth after nearly 300 days in space, far exceeding their original 8-day mission plan.

Several reports showed that both the astronauts are GS-15 federal employees whose annual salary ranges from $125,133 to $162,672 (approx Rs 1.08 crore to Rs 1.41 crore).

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth on Tuesday evening, NASA said. Both the astronauts will return alongside another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft,