Among Wilmore's accomplishments, he served as a pilot aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2009. The Tennessee native is also married and has two daughters, according to his NASA biography.

Astronauts Leland Melvin, STS-129 mission specialist, and Butch Wilmore, pilot, work on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities on Nov. 17, 2009. Being in ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned from the International Space Station in a Dragon capsule from Elon Musk's SpaceX after months in space.

Here’s a look at the International Space Station (ISS), a station operated by a partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries. Information on ISS crews and expeditions can be found here.

Leland Melvin, a former NASA astronaut who served on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis and helped construct the International Space Station, will speak at CU Boulder at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 3. The ...

Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and ...

A visit to Kennedy Space Center was a highlight of a month-long trip to the US, and to meet Hernández in person was a sweet surprise that just capped it all perfectly.