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Barry E. Wilmore

American astronaut · United States · On the map · Astronauts · Born 1962 · age 63

Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore is an American retired NASA astronaut and United States Navy test pilot. He is a veteran of three spaceflights, the first of which was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission in November 2009, to the International Space Station.

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Theodore Roosevelt Award2018
NASA Distinguished Service Medal2015
Air Medal
Legion of Merit
Defense Superior Service Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
NASA Space Flight Medal

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In total, he spent a total of 464 days off Earth and 32 hours outside of a spacecraft. 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.

Country
United States
Category
Astronauts
Type
Astronaut
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1962 · age 63

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