Barry Wilmore
American astronaut (born 1962)
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Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore is an American NASA astronaut and United States Navy test pilot. He has had three spaceflights, the first of which was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission in November 2009, to the International Space Station. Wilmore was designated as pilot with five other crew members on Space Shuttle Atlantis for the mission STS-129. He served as part of Expedition 41/42 to the International Space Station, and on June 5, 2024, returned to the ISS on the Boeing Crew Flight Test, the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner. On March 18, 2025, he returned to Earth on the SpaceX Dragon capsule with the other crew members of Crew-9. The crew that replaced the Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts aboard the ISS arrived on March 16.
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Stranded Astronauts at International Space Station Will Vote in 2024 ElectionPeople who hate on mail-in ballots are going to be howling at the moon after this one ... 'cause a couple astronauts are casting their votes from the International Space Station. Barry "Butch" Wilmore..TMZ.com - Published | |
Starliner Capsule Returns to Earth After Months of DramaThe troubled Boeing Starliner capsule successfully cruised back down to Earth from the International Space Station Friday evening — but no one was onboard. As we previously reported ... Butch Wilmore..TMZ.com - Published | |
'Star Trek's LeVar Burton Defends Space Exploration After Astronaut Drama"Star Trek" star LeVar Burton is shutting down speculation there were not enough safety precautions in place for the mission that left astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore stuck..TMZ.com - Published | |
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Astronauts Stuck In Space May Be Stranded Until 2025 Due To Boeing Issues, NASATwo astronauts stranded in space for more than 60 days may have to keep orbiting the Earth until early 2025 ... because their Boeing spacecraft appears unable to bring them home. NASA is now saying..TMZ.com - Published |