Barry E. Wilmore
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American astronaut
Key facts
- Born
- Barry Eugene Wilmore , ( 1962-12-29 ) December 29, 1962 (age 63) , Murfreesboro, Tennessee , U.S.
- Other name
- Butch
- Education
- Tennessee Technological University ( BS , MS ) University of Tennessee, Knoxville ( MS )
- Rank
- Captain , USN
- Time in space
- 464 days, 8 hours, 2 minutes
- Selection
- NASA Group 18 (2000)
- Total eva time
- 31 hours, 2 minutes
- Missions
- STS-129 Soyuz TMA-14M ( Expedition 41 / 42 ) Boeing Crew Flight Test / SpaceX Crew-9 ( Expedition 71 / 72 )
- Retirement
- August 6, 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Murfreesboro
- Educated at
- United States Naval Test Pilot School
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Operation Southern Watch
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Image
- Barry Wilmore.jpg
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- Commons category
- Barry Wilmore
- date of birth
- 1962-12-29
- time in space
- 668642
- member of the crew of
- Expedition 72
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Encyclopedic overview
Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore (born December 29, 1962) 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. 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.
Prior to being selected as a NASA astronaut in July 2000, Wilmore was an experienced Navy test pilot. He also participated in the development of the T-45 Goshawk jet trainer.
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