BREAKING NEWSTrump makes stunning promise to NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore READ MORE: NASA astronaut's daughter reveals his physical toll, compensation By ELLYN LAPOINTE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 17:13 GMT, 21 March 2025 | Updated: 17:22 GMT, 21 March 2025 President Donald Trump has said he will pay Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore overtime for the extra days they spent on the International Space Station (ISS). During a Friday press briefing, Trump was asked about reports that the two NASA astronauts would receive no overtime pay, to which he replied: 'Nobody's ever mentioned this to me. If I have to, I'll pay it out of my own pocket.' 'I'll take care of it,' he added. Williams and Wilmore were only supposed to spend eight days on the ISS when they launched aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 5. But Starliner suffered numerous technical issues that ultimately delayed their return until March 18. By the time the pair splashed down inside a SpaceX Dragon capsule on Tuesday, they had logged more than nine months in space. Former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman told the Washingtonian that astronauts only receive their basic salary without overtime benefits for 'incidentals' - a small amount they are 'legally obligated to pay you'. Wilmore's teenage daughter Daryn, 19, said her father will receive a meagre $5 extra per day he was in space as compensation. After spending 286 International Space Station (ISS), that works out to be around $1,380. The payout will be tacked onto the astronauts' annual salaries, which fall somewhere between $125,133 and $162,672 per year. President Donald Trump has said he will pay Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore overtime for the extra days they spent on the International Space Station (ISS) 'For me it was around $4 a day,' Coleman told the Washingtonian. Coleman received approximately $636 in incidental pay for her 159-day mission between 2010 and 2011. Although it was unclear whether the $4 figure had since risen to adjust for inflation. Neil Armstrong was paid a salary of $27,401 and was the highest paid of those aboard the Apollo 11 flight in 1969, according to the Boston Herald. GS-15 rates last year ranged from $123,041 to $159,950 at the upper end of the scale. Share or comment on this article: Trump makes stunning promise to NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore Add comment