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Stuck astronaut Butch Wilmore retires from NASA less than 5 months after extended spaceflight
One of NASA’s two previously stuck astronauts has retired from the space agency, less than five months after his unexpectedly ...
Tennessee native, NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore retires after 25 years, three space trips
The 1981 Mt. Juliet High School graduate has logged 464 days in space over three flights during his NASA career.
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Butch Wilmore, 1 of 9 astronauts to graduate from UT Space Institute, retires from NASA
Astronaut and University of Tennessee graduate Barry “Butch” Wilmore has announced his retirement from NASA. The news comes months after he and fellow Astronaut Suni Williams returned ...
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Here’s how one astronaut made a burger that’s out of this world
In his final days aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in a mission that’s lasted six months, American astronaut Don Pettit has posted a sublime shot that wouldn’t look out of place in ...
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Celebrities in space quiz: Do you know the stars among the stars?
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is the Content Manager at Space.com. Formerly, she was the Science Communicator at JILA, a physics ...
Former astronaut twin brothers Mark and Scott Kelly on NASA cuts and challenges of being on ISS
Mark and Scott Kelly, twin brothers and former NASA astronauts, spoke to "CBS Mornings" about how the agency is set to lose ...
How the heck does an astronaut wash their hair in space? Here’s how
Water droplets can't be allowed to drift off, so washing your hair in microgravity is a little different to how you do it on Earth.