The astronaut is stepping away from NASA shortly after returning from a troubled test flight that left him aboard the ISS ...

The 1981 Mt. Juliet High School graduate has logged 464 days in space over three flights during his NASA career.

Dr. Anil Menon will head to the space station on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft in June 2026 as a flight engineer and ...

A NASA astronaut from Minneapolis is set to launch on a mission to the International Space Station next summer.

One of NASA’s two previously stuck astronauts has retired from the space agency, less than five months after his unexpectedly ...

"His lasting legacy of fortitude will continue to impact and inspire the Johnson workforce, future explorers, and the nation for generations." ...

Wilmore earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Tennessee Tech and a master’s degree in aviation systems from the ...

Astronaut and University of Tennessee graduate Barry "Butch" Wilmore has announced his retirement from NASA. The news comes ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Butch Wilmore, a Tennessee native and a graduate of both the University of Tennessee and Tennessee ...

The four U.S., Russian and Japanese astronauts pulled up in their SpaceX capsule after launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. They will spend at least six months at the orbiting lab, swapping ...