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Astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore announced his retirement Wednesday after 25 years with NASA and serving as a U.S. Navy test ...
The astronaut is stepping away from NASA shortly after returning from a troubled test flight that left him aboard the ISS ...
Wilmore, 62, had already retired from the Navy. Williams, 59, also a retired Navy captain, is still with NASA. She joined ...
Barry “Butch” Wilmore has flown on the space shuttle, a Russian Soyuz, Boeing’s Starliner and a SpaceX Crew Dragon. After 25 ...
The 1981 Mt. Juliet High School graduate has logged 464 days in space over three flights during his NASA career.
"His lasting legacy of fortitude will continue to impact and inspire the Johnson workforce, future explorers, and the nation for generations." ...
Wilmore earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Tennessee Tech and a master’s degree in aviation systems from the ...
A NASA astronaut from Minneapolis is set to launch on a mission to the International Space Station next summer.