Comment on How much US astronauts can earn working for NASA and risking their lives to explore space

How much US astronauts can earn working for NASA and risking their lives to explore space

NASA SpaceX is about to launch its first human passengers and help NASA resurrect American crewed spaceflight. The test flight, called Demo-2, will fly NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on a space mission that may last up to 110 days. Astronauts' annual salaries are determined using a government pay scale, and starting out, typically fall under two grades: GS-12 and GS-13. According the US government's 2020 pay scales and a NASA job listing, an astronaut in 2020 earns between $66,167 and $161,141 per year. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The moment that SpaceX founder Elon Musk has dreamed about since 2002 (and possibly long before then) is almost here: the rocket company's first-ever launch of people into space. The commercial mission, called Demo-2, is designed to show NASA that SpaceX's new Crew Dragon spaceship is safe to fly passengers.

 

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