The astronaut is stepping away from NASA shortly after returning from a troubled test flight that left him aboard the ISS ...

One of NASA's two previously stuck astronauts has retired. NASA announced Butch Wilmore's departure from the space agency on ...

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 ...

NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission with agency astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov is ...

A NASA astronaut from Minneapolis is set to launch on a mission to the International Space Station next summer.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Butch Wilmore, a Tennessee native and a graduate of both the University of Tennessee and Tennessee ...

The future of space shuttle Discovery and its possible move to Houston remains murky after officials put out a series of ...

Astronaut and University of Tennessee graduate Barry "Butch" Wilmore has announced his retirement from NASA. The news comes months after he and fellow Astronaut Suni Williams returned to Earth from a ...