Astronauts who spent nine months stranded in space made major career decisions
Astronaut Butch Wilmore was trapped on the International Space Station with Suni Williams four months ago. And now, he vows never to go back to space. “After working at NASA for 25 years, flying in four different spacecraft, amassing 464 days in space, astronaut and test pilot Butch Wilmore retired,” the NASA press release said.
That’s why Willmore retires and what happens next.
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Why did Butch Wilmore retire from NASA?
according to e! Online There are other media outlets, and none of Wilmore “expresses real frustration at their extended time in space.” Instead, Wilmore, 62, seems happy with the time to explore the universe and ready to take root.
“Even though I ventured beyond the limits of the Earth, I was still satisfied with the beauty and meaning of the world below,” Butch added, “recognizing that the same complex designs that are apparently complex in the stars are woven into the living structures of the home.”
What is the next NASA release?
On August 21, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will send the Cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. This is part of the overall project that will eventually depart from the International Space Station by 2031.
This is one of the most important future space projects not only NASA, but also the entire international space community. The ISS trapped by Wilmore and Williams are not designed as eternal space stations. Therefore, it needs to be safely landed on Earth sometime before the next decade.
You can watch the SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-33 launch on August 9 at 3:57 am ET.
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Astronauts who spent nine months stranded in space appeared for the first time in the August 7, 2025 Men’s Daily
