Navy Veteran Butch Wilmore, Who Spent Months Stuck in Space as a NASA Astronaut, Retires
Federaţia Rusă
ORLANDO, Fla. – Barry “Butch” Wilmore has flown on the space shuttle, a Russian Soyuz, Boeing’s Starliner and a SpaceX Crew Dragon. After 25 years with NASA and 464 days in space, he’s calling it a career, the agency announced Wednesday. A retired U.S. Navy captain, the 62-year-old Wilmore was chosen as an astronaut candidate in 2000 after graduating from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. “Throughout his career, Butch has exemplified the technical excellence of what is required of an astronaut.
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