Barry E. Wilmore

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Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore is an American retired NASA astronaut and United States Navy test pilot. He has had five 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.

1962  WikimediaWikidata
Barry Eugene Wilmore; Barry Wilmore; Butch Wilmore
naval aviator, engineer, astronaut, naval officer, fighter pilot, test pilot, Theodore Roosevelt Award, NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Legion of Merit, United States

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  • Expedition 72
    72nd long-duration mission to the International Space Station
  • STS-129
    human spaceflight
  • Expedition 41
    41st expedition to the International Space Station
  • Soyuz TMA-14M
    2014 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS
  • Expedition 42
    42nd expedition to the International Space Station
  • Boeing Crew Flight Test
    crewed mission of Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station
  • SpaceX Crew-9
    NASA Commercial Crew Program mission to the International Space Station
1962-12-29T00:00:00Z
1962-12-29T00:00:00Z
1962 Barry E. Wilmore
2009-11-16T00:00:00Z
2009-11-16T00:00:00Z
2009 STS-129
2014-09-10T00:00:00Z
2014-11-10T00:00:00Z
2014-09-25T00:00:00Z
2014-09-25T00:00:00Z
2014-11-10T00:00:00Z
2015-03-11T00:00:00Z
2014 — 2015 Expedition 42
2024-06-05T00:00:00Z
2024-06-05T00:00:00Z
2024-09-28T00:00:00Z
2024-09-28T00:00:00Z
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STS-134 Lee Archambault and Barry Wilmore are pictured at their console in the space shuttle flight control roomSTS-134 Lee Archambault and Barry Wilmore are pictured at their console in the space shuttle flight control room
ISS-21 Melvin, Stott, Williams and Wilmore pose for a photo in the Unity nodeISS-21 Melvin, Stott, Williams and Wilmore pose for a photo in the Unity node
KSC-20221018-PH KLS01 0222 (cropped)KSC-20221018-PH KLS01 0222 (cropped)
ISS-42 Butch Wilmore is holding a 3-D coupon works with the new 3-D printerISS-42 Butch Wilmore is holding a 3-D coupon works with the new 3-D printer
ISS-42 Butch Wilmore and Samantha Cristoforetti grapple SpaceX Dragon CRS-5ISS-42 Butch Wilmore and Samantha Cristoforetti grapple SpaceX Dragon CRS-5
ISS-42 Barry Wilmore and Samantha Cristoforetti pose for the camera on Christmas dayISS-42 Barry Wilmore and Samantha Cristoforetti pose for the camera on Christmas day
ISS-41 Barry Wilmore and Reid Wiseman pose for a photo near the CupolaISS-41 Barry Wilmore and Reid Wiseman pose for a photo near the Cupola
ISS-42 Wilmore, Cristoforetti and Virts pose for a photoISS-42 Wilmore, Cristoforetti and Virts pose for a photo
Butch Wilmore, left, and Mike Fincke, right, watch as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is rolled out ahead of OFT-2.Butch Wilmore, left, and Mike Fincke, right, watch as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is rolled out ahead of OFT-2.
Butch Wilmore at Boeing OFT-2 Crew & Science BriefingButch Wilmore at Boeing OFT-2 Crew & Science Briefing
    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    eventspaceflightExpedition 72expedition to the International Space StationWikidata
    eventspaceflight2009STS-129human spaceflightWikidata
    eventspaceflight2014Expedition 41expedition to the International Space StationWikidata
    eventspaceflight2014Soyuz TMA-14Mhuman spaceflight, Soyuz TMA-MWikidata
    eventspaceflight2014Expedition 42expedition to the International Space StationWikidata
    eventspaceflight2024Boeing Crew Flight Testhuman spaceflightWikidata
    eventspaceflight2024SpaceX Crew-9human spaceflightWikidata
    commonsimageSTS-134 Lee Archambault and Barry Wilmore are pictured at their console in the space shuttle flight control room Commons
    commonsimageISS-21 Melvin, Stott, Williams and Wilmore pose for a photo in the Unity node Commons
    commonsimageKSC-20221018-PH KLS01 0222 (cropped) Commons
    commonsimageISS-42 Butch Wilmore is holding a 3-D coupon works with the new 3-D printer Commons
    commonsimageISS-42 Butch Wilmore and Samantha Cristoforetti grapple SpaceX Dragon CRS-5 Commons
    commonsimageISS-42 Barry Wilmore and Samantha Cristoforetti pose for the camera on Christmas day Commons
    commonsimageISS-41 Barry Wilmore and Reid Wiseman pose for a photo near the Cupola Commons
    commonsimageISS-42 Wilmore, Cristoforetti and Virts pose for a photo Commons
    commonsimageButch Wilmore, left, and Mike Fincke, right, watch as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is rolled out ahead of OFT-2. Commons
    commonsimageButch Wilmore at Boeing OFT-2 Crew & Science Briefing Commons