Captain Barry Butch Wilmore

Astronaut and NASA veteran

Barry Butch Wilmore is an American astronaut and commander of the International Space Station Expedition 30 and Expedition 31. He was born on December 2, 1963, in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Wilmore graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1988 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He served in the US Air Force and was a fighter pilot before becoming an astronaut. Wilmore flew on three Space Shuttle missi...