If you’re anything like us sci-fi geeks, you probably spent your childhood dreaming of becoming an astronaut when you grew up. And maybe you still kind of hope to turn that dream into reality someday.

After more than five months in space, four astronauts on a mission known as Crew-11 are about to cut their mission short and return to Earth.

If you’re anything like us sci-fi geeks, you probably spent your childhood dreaming of becoming an astronaut when you grew up. And maybe you still kind of hope to turn that dream into reality someday.

The claim was based on the minimum possible starting pay an astronaut could receive in 2019, but even then astronauts could start at higher pay. In 2024, all astronauts made more than double that. The ...