NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, originally on an eight-day mission, have spent over nine months on the ISS due to technical delays. As federal employees under the GS-15 pay grade, they will receive a prorated salary of up to $1.

The Boeing Starliner capsule encountered so many problems that NASA insisted it come back empty, leaving its test pilots behind to wait for a SpaceX lift.