NASA announces retirement of veteran astronaut Butch Wilmore after 25 years of service
After 25 successful services and flights in four different spacecrafts, NASA announced that the test pilot and astronaut butch Wilmore retired.
Wilmore, an experienced pilot and US Naval Test Pilot School, has been logged in in space for 464 days since NASA election in 2000.
The US navy with decorated, Captain, in 2009, Atlantis, Roscosmos Soyuz in 2014, Flated in 2024 in Boeing Starliner and returned to Earth in SpaceX Dragon.
He also completed five space walks for a total of 32 hours outside the International Space Station.
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“Butch’s commitment to NASA’s mission and human space exploration is really an example,” NASA’s Johnson Space Center Director in Houston, Houston. “Permanent Fortitude Heritage, Johnson labor, future explorers and the nation will continue to influence and inspire for generations.
Wilmore was considered an adaptable astronaut not only technically talented, but also inheritance, in many tasks, which continues to advance human space flight.
It was both NASA’s legacy and a few astronauts flying in commercial vehicles, which helped to verify critical systems for long -term human space flight.
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“Throughout his career, Butch exemplified the technical perfection of what is necessary for an astronaut. Combined with his dominance of complex systems, his adaptability and his commitment to NASA’s mission, he inspired us all, Nas Nasa said Joe, the chef of the astronaut office in Johnson.
On June 5, 2024, Wilmore’s latest launch at Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft pointed to his first crew flight test. During the mission, they helped to remove an antenna assembly of an antenna group and to collect samples for analysis from the fate laboratory and task airline.
“I was fascinated by the wonders of creation, I looked up with an insatiable curiosity. This curiosity pushed me to the sky and ultimately pushed me to the places where the glory of the creator of Cosmos can carry meaninglessly.” He said. “Even when I go beyond the borders of the world, I adapted to the beauty and importance of the following world, and recognizing the same complex design, which is evident among the stars, touches the texture of life at home.”
Wilmore’s retirement points to the end of NASA’s pioneering period of astronaut tasks between platforms and the end of the early commercial space flight.
