Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams Made News as 'Stuck' Crew of Starliner. Now, He's Retiring

Middle Tennessee native Barry 'Butch' Wilmore retires from NASA after 25 years

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Barry "Butch" Wilmore has retired from NASA after 25 years. The Mt. Juliet native reportedly flew in four different spacecraft and spent 464 days in space during his time with NASA. According to NASA, Wilmore boarded the space shuttle Atlantis, Roscosmos Soyuz and Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station in three separate missions. He spent 32 hours outside of the orbital laboratory while conducting five spac…

Astronaut Butch Wilmore retires from NASA several months after extended spaceflight

One of NASA’s two previously stuck astronauts has retired from the space agency, less than five months after his unexpectedly long spaceflight came to an end.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams made news as 'stuck' crew of Starliner. Now, he's retiring

Astronaut Butch Wilmore, who rode to the space station in June 2024 with Suni Williams aboard the Boeing Starliner, is retiring from NASA.

Butch Wilmore of 'stuck' Boeing Starliner crew retires from NASA after troubled mission

Astronaut Butch Wilmore's venture to space aboard the ill-fated Boeing Starliner spacecraft appears to be his last – at least with NASA.

Red & Green Auroras

Red & Green Auroras | International Space StationFormer Expedition 71/72 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Don Pettit: "Sit back and enjoy this smooth ISS pass between green and red auroras, and the stars of deep space.""This video was taken by my crewmate Butch Wilmore on Expedition 72. His extended stay gave us lots of time to collaborate on photography!"On August 6, 2025, it was announced that after 25 years at NASA, flying in four types of …