Astronaut who grew up in Mt. Juliet honored in several ways this weekend in hometown and at college alma mater Tennessee Tech.

NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore's teenage daughter Daryn Wilmore said it's "mentally exhausting" to have her dad be stuck in space since June 2024. By Gabrielle Chung Mar 07, 2025 3:49 AM ...

Barry "Butch" Wilmore was inducted into the "Order of the Eagle," an honor for those who have had an "unparalleled" impact of ...

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WSMV) - Mt. Juliet honored NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore on Saturday afternoon. The city officially named a portion of North Mt. Juliet Road after him. The Mt. Juliet Fire ...

Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore were stuck in space for nine months longer than their original mission. Thanks to their unique situation, the media and the public have ...

Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore are still in space despite the recent launch of a return capsule from the International Space Station.. Even though the astronauts have been at the ...

Tennessee Tech University has awarded its highest honor for just the second time in over a century to NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, a two-time Tech graduate who returned to ...

Cmdr. Barry “Butch” Wilmore and pilot Sunita “Suni” Williams were originally Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts as they tested out Boeing’s experimental Starliner capsule last year.

W hen NASA astronauts Sunita William and Barry E. Wilmore left Earth on June 5, 2024, aboard the Boeing Starliner, they were meant to hang out in space for only eight days. But it's been more than ...

Butch Wilmore recently returned to earth this year after a 9-month extended stay on the International Space Station.

FILE - NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo enroute to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for ...

After nine months on the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore splashed down in their SpaceX Dragon capsule in the Gulf of Mexico on March 18.