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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 ...
Astronaut who grew up in Mt. Juliet honored in several ways this weekend in hometown and at college alma mater Tennessee Tech.
Barry "Butch" Wilmore was inducted into the "Order of the Eagle," an honor for those who have had an "unparalleled" impact of ...
Butch Wilmore recently returned to earth this year after a 9-month extended stay on the International Space Station.
When Tennessee Tech University’s Board of Trustees held its quarterly meeting on June 26, its most recognizable trustee was ...
Tennessee Tech University honored alumnus Barry “Butch” Wilmore after he attended his first in-person meeting of the Board of ...
India, Poland and Hungary launched their first astronauts in more than 40 years Wednesday, sending them on a private flight ...
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams splashed down near the coast of Florida aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule at 5:57 p.m ...
Astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore launched June 5, 2024, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. They're set to (finally) return ...
Back in June 2024, two NASA astronauts had no idea that their mission, which was supposed to take less than two weeks, would turn into a nine-month stay at the International Space Station. One ...
If President Trump cancels the contracts for Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company, the federal government would struggle to achieve many goals in orbit and beyond.
As a result, the Starliner's crew, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, spent more than nine months and 280 days in orbit as part of NASA's contingency plan to get them back home.