Astronaut and Massachusetts native Sunita L. Williams is another step closer to returning to Earth. Williams, a native of Needham, and Butch Wilmore of Tennessee have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) since last June due to problems with their spacecraft, the Boeing's Starliner.

Indian-origin NASA astronaut is set to return to Earth on Tuesday evening after a nine-month wait period. A few years back, Sunita Williams was asked what she feels about aliens when she visited India.

Former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, speaking to Washingtonian, explained that astronauts receive their standard salary without overtime benefits. “There is some small amount of money per day for incidentals that they end up being legally obligated to pay you,