Who Are Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams? What to Know About the NASA Astronauts.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have nearly half a century of combined experience as astronauts. But this is just their third time in space. Ms. Williams was born in Ohio but grew up in Massachusetts. She was a test pilot in the U.S. Navy and has spent more than 3,000 hours flying 30 different aircraft. She was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1998.
Wilmore was on the ISS for nine months before finally returning home alongside Suni Williams. See before and after photos of him.
Freshly returned veteran astronauts are moving up in the NASA record books. How much they’re paid to do it may surprise you.
But that stretched to nine months because of technical problems with the Boeing Starliner that ferried them on a test mission ...
From his hometown in Mt. Juliet to his college community in Cookeville, many across Middle Tennessee are eager to welcome ...
Several issues with the spacecraft have kept Needham native Suni Williams on the International Space Station since last ...
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Astronauts Who Spent 286 Extra Days in Space Earned No Overtime. But They Did Get a $5 a Day “Incidentals” AllowanceWhen Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore launched into space last June, they expected an eight-day test flight aboard Boeing’s ...
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