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 ...

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Wilmore is now a veteran of three spaceflights and has accumulated a total of 464 days in space, according to NASA. Wilmore also went to Tennessee Tech University and played football.

Astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams, and Barry "Butch" Wilmore found themselves in a “very precarious situation” when trying to dock on the ISS. Picture: Brandon Bell/Getty/AFP ...

Cape Canaveral: NASA astronauts Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Sunita 'Suni' Williams stated on Monday that they hold themselves partly responsible for the setbacks during their space mission, which ...

However, because Wilmore and Williams were in space far longer than planned, the effects on their bodies are more severe. According to doctors, they could have lost up to half of their muscle mass and ...

Astronauts Sunita Williams, Barry Wilmore, Aleksandr Gorbunov, and Nick Hague came back to Earth on March 19, 2025, after their extended period on the International Space Station (ISS).