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NASA’s Butch Wilmore retires from astronaut corps after spending 9 unexpected months in space

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

Stuck astronaut Butch Wilmore retires from NASA less than 5 months after extended spaceflight

Wilmore, 62, had already retired from the Navy. Williams, 59, also a retired Navy captain, is still with NASA. She joined ...

TN astronaut Barry 'Butch' Wilmore retiring after 25 years at NASA

Wilmore earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Tennessee Tech and a master’s degree in aviation systems from the ...