How much free time do astronauts on the ISS get?

Not a lot. The crew day is heavily constrained and the astronauts have a never-ending list of tasks to do. The crew gets one and a half hours every morning after they wake up to eat breakfast and do anything else they can fit in that time. read more

The crew gets one and a half hours every morning after they wake up to eat breakfast and do anything else they can fit in that time. They get 1 hour for lunch and then 2 hours at the end of the day after the evening conference with Mission Control. After that, they get eight and a half hours for sleep. They do get weekends and holidays off. read more

When I arrived as an astronaut candidate in 1998, I had a Masters degree and 15 years of experience at JCS, including time in upper management. My pay level on the GS scale was GS-15, step 3. This equated to an annual salary of about $90,000 US. read more