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From left, Starliner Flight Crew Integration Manager Tony Ceccacci, and NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams participate in a mission rehearsal at Boeing’s Avionics and Software Integration Lab in Houston.

NASA Astronauts Participate in Boeing Mission Rehearsal

Commercial Crew Program astronauts Mike Fincke, Nicole Mann and Barry "Butch" Wilmore in Free Flyer Track & Capture Sim training in SES Alpha Cupola.

Commercial Crew Program Astronaut Training - Mike Fincke, Nicole

Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.

Commercial Crew Program Astronaut Training - Barry "Butch" Wilmo

Commercial Crew Program astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore in EVA suitup at NBL with Expedition 62 cosmonaut Nikolai Tikhonov during Expedition 62 ISS EVA Maintenance 2 training.

Commercial Crew Program Astronaut Training - Barry "Butch" Wilmo

STS-129 crew members Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Robert Satcher

NASA Astronauts Visit C3PF

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams visit the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. The astronauts are at Kennedy to prepare for their flights to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Wilmore and Williams will command the Crew Flight Test and the Starliner-1 mission, respectively.

NASA Astronauts Visit C3PF

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore, left, and Sunita "Suni" Williams visit the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. The astronauts are at Kennedy to prepare for their flights to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Wilmore and Williams will command the Crew Flight Test and the Starliner-1 mission, respectively.

Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 Press Conference

NASA astronaut Barry “Butch" Wilmore is seen during a press conference ahead of the launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 will be Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test and will dock to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for launch on 6:54 p.m. ET on May 19, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Boeing CST-100 MOST CFT Ascent Sim for Eric Boe, Suni Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore.

Commercial Crew Program Astronaut Training - Suni Williams

ISS042E277376 (02/16/2015) --- U.S. astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore checks out his spacesuit in preparation for an extravehicular activity (EVA) or spacewalk. Wilmore is the commander of Expedition 42 onboard the International Space Station.

EMU 3003 and 3005 OFV

The official crew portrait for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Left is Suni Williams, who will serve as the pilot, and to the right is Barry “Butch” Wilmore, spacecraft commander.

Boeing CFT Crew Portrait - Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore

Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 Press Conference

NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore, left, Mike Fincke, center, and Suni Williams, right, are seen during a press conference ahead of the launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 will be Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test and will dock to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for launch on 6:54 p.m. ET on May 19, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

iss042e033298 (12/09/2014) --- US Astronaut Barry (Butch) Wilmore captured this ominous but interesting cloud formation aboard the International Space Station on 9 December 2014.

Earth observation taken by the Expedition 42 crew

Commercial Crew Program Astronaut Training - Mike Fincke

PHOTO DATE: 07-18-14 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: EVA Team training with Expedition 42 commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

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The Starliner team works to finalize the mate of the crew module and new service module for NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test that will take NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams to and from the International Space Station.

Boeing CFT Crew Module Mate to Service Module

NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams pose for a picture during T-38 pre-flight activities at Ellington Field.

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore pose with T-38

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Commercial Crew Program Astronaut Training - Mike Fincke

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Commercial Crew Program Astronaut Training - Mike Fincke

ISS042E182382 (01/25/2015) ---US astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore inspects one the cameras aboard the International Space Station Jan. 25, 2015, in preparation for another photo session of station experiments. Barry is the Commander of Expedition 42.

IMAX and Nikon Camera Sensor Cleaning

Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 Press Conference

Jasmine Hopkins, NASA Communications, left, Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator, second from left, Kennedy Space Center director Janet Petro, third from left, Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, center, and NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore, third from right, Mike Fincke, second from right, and Suni Williams, right, are seen during a press conference ahead of the launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 will be Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test and will dock to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for launch on 6:54 p.m. ET on May 19, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 Press Conference

Jasmine Hopkins, NASA Communications, left, Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator, second from left, Kennedy Space Center director Janet Petro, third from left, Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, center, and NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore, third from right, Mike Fincke, second from right, and Suni Williams, right, are seen during a press conference ahead of the launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 will be Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test and will dock to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for launch on 6:54 p.m. ET on May 19, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 Prelaunch

NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, Barry "Butch" Wilmore, center, and Mike Fincke, right, watch as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission, Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 will be Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test and will dock to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for launch at 6:54 p.m. ET on May 19, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Boeing CFT Rollout For Launch

From left, NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams, Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) commander and pilot, speak with VIPs while watching Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is seen on the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, May 4, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET Monday, May 6.

Boeing CFT Rollout For Launch

NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) commander, watches Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket roll out from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, May 4, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET Monday, May 6.

Boeing CFT Rollout For Launch

NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) commander, watches Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket roll out from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, May 4, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET Monday, May 6.

Crew for Boeing Missions Visit KSC

NASA astronauts arrive aboard T-38 jet aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. The astronauts are at Kennedy to prepare for their flights to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. At right is Sunita “Suni” Williams. At left is Barry “Butch” Wilmore. Wilmore and Williams will command the company’s Crew Flight Test and the Starliner-1 mission, respectively.

Mission Dress Rehearsal of Boeing’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Te

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Mike Fincke monitor the launch portion of an integrated mission dress rehearsal of Boeing’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) from Boeing’s Houston-based Avionics and Software Integration Lab on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Along with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Wilmore and Fincke will fly aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the company’s Crew Flight Test (CFT) as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew for Boeing Missions Visit KSC

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams arrive aboard T-38 jet aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. The astronauts are at Kennedy to prepare for their flights on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. Wilmore and Williams will command the Crew Flight Test and the Starliner-1 mission, respectively. The crew members will fly to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

CCP Astronauts Butch Tour

NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore, center, tours Boeing's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) on Oct. 25, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Wilmore is looking over Boeing's CST-100 Starliner that will launch on its first uncrewed flight test on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Starliner is being developed and manufactured in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to return human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

Boeing Crew Training

NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) commander, checks his spacesuit during a crew validation test inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 18, 2022. Wilmore, along with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, CFT pilot, and Mike Fincke, CFT backup spacecraft test pilot, with assistance from the Boeing team, successfully completed the validation test during which they suited up and tested out the pressurized crew module to ensure seat fit, suit functionality, cabin temperature, audio system, and day of launch operations. Boeing’s CFT is scheduled to launch in April 2023.

Boeing Crew Training

NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore (right), Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) commander, and Mike Fincke, CFT backup spacecraft test pilot, check their spacesuits during a crew validation test inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 18, 2022. Wilmore and Fincke, along with NASA astronaut Suni Williams, CFT pilot, with assistance from the Boeing team, successfully completed the validation test during which they suited up and tested out the pressurized crew module to ensure seat fit, suit functionality, cabin temperature, audio system, and day of launch operations. Boeing’s CFT is scheduled to launch in April 2023.

Boeing Crew Training

NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) commander, checks his helmet during a crew validation test inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 18, 2022. Wilmore, along with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, CFT pilot, and Mike Fincke, CFT backup spacecraft test pilot, with assistance from the Boeing team, successfully completed the validation test during which they suited up and tested out the pressurized crew module to ensure seat fit, suit functionality, cabin temperature, audio system, and day of launch operations. Boeing’s CFT is scheduled to launch in April 2023.

Boeing Crew Training

From left, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore, Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) pilot and commander, respectively, check their spacesuits during a crew validation test inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 18, 2022. Williams and Wilmore, along with Mike Fincke, CFT backup spacecraft test pilot, with assistance from the Boeing team, successfully completed the validation test during which they suited up and tested out the pressurized crew module to ensure seat fit, suit functionality, cabin temperature, audio system, and day of launch operations. Boeing’s CFT is scheduled to launch in April 2023.

Boeing Crew Training

NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) commander, checks his spacesuit and helmet during a crew validation test inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 18, 2022. Wilmore, along with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, CFT pilot, and Mike Fincke, CFT backup spacecraft test pilot, with assistance from the Boeing team, successfully completed the validation test during which they suited up and tested out the pressurized crew module to ensure seat fit, suit functionality, cabin temperature, audio system, and day of launch operations. Boeing’s CFT is scheduled to launch in April 2023.

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ISS042E119674 (01/12/2015) --- Expedition 42 Commander and NASA Astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, with the assistance of Flight Engineer of the European Space Agency Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, prepared to use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to grapple the SpaceX Dragon (CRS-5) ship on Jan. 12 2015. Two days after its launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Dragon was attached to the station's Harmony module where it will spend a month being unloaded. Photo Credit: (NASA)

PHOTO DATE: 29 July 2013 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW, Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facility - POGO SUBJECT: Expedition 42 crew member and astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore during ISS EVA POGO 1 training. Instructors Faruq Sabur (black shirt), Allissa Battocletti (red shirt), Sandy Fletcher (light blue shirt with glasses) and astronaut Shane Kimbrough assist. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa

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Commerical Crew Program (CCP) Astronauts visit Aerojet Rocketdyn

NASA astronauts Eric Boe, from left, Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams listen as United Launch Alliance engineer Tom Harper discusses aspects of an RL10 engine during a tour of Aerojet Rocketdyne's facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. The engine will be one of two used for the Centaur upper stage during a United Launch Alliance Atlas V mission to launch Boeing's CST-100 Starliner on a flight test carrying a crew. The engine was test-fired as part of acceptance testing to confirm the engine is ready for flight.

CCP Astronauts Butch Tour

NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore, center, tours Boeing's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) on Oct. 25, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner will launch on its first uncrewed flight test on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Starliner is being developed and manufactured in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to return human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

Commerical Crew Program (CCP) Astronauts visit Aerojet Rocketdyn

NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore, from left, Eric Boe and Suni Williams watch as Aerojet Rocketdyne test team engineers direct the test-firing of an RL10 engine at the company's facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. The engine will be one of two used for the Centaur upper stage during a United Launch Alliance Atlas V mission to launch Boeing's CST-100 Starliner on a flight test carrying a crew. The engine was test-fired as part of acceptance testing to confirm the engine is ready for flight.

Butch Wilmore Tour

Inside the United Launch Alliance Horizontal Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore views the first integrated piece of flight hardware for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS). The ICPS is the in-space stage that is located toward the top of the rocket, between the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter and the Orion Spacecraft Adapter. It will provide some of the in-space propulsion during Orion's first flight test atop the SLS on Exploration Mission 1.

CCP Astronauts Butch Tour

NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore, at left, tours Boeing's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) on Oct. 25, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner will launch on its first uncrewed flight test on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Starliner is being developed and manufactured in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to return human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

Boeing March 2019 Progress Photos

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson review International Space Station training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Mann and Ferguson are assigned to Boeing’s Crew Flight Test, the first flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. The Crew Flight Test is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, which is working with Boeing to return human spaceflight launches to the space station from U.S. soil.

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CCP Astronauts Butch Tour

NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore, speaks to workers during a tour of Boeing's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) on Oct. 25, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner will launch on its first uncrewed flight test on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Starliner is being developed and manufactured in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to return human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

Commerical Crew Program (CCP) Astronauts visit Aerojet Rocketdyn

NASA astronauts Suni Williams, from left, Eric Boe and Barry "Butch" Wilmore survey an RL10 engine as it stands in a vacuum chamber at Aerojet Rocketdyne's test stand in West Palm Beach, Florida. The engine will be one of two used for the Centaur upper stage during a United Launch Alliance Atlas V mission to launch Boeing's CST-100 Starliner on a flight test carrying a crew. The engine was test-fired as part of acceptance testing to confirm the engine is ready for flight.

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ISS042E292519 (03/01/2015) --- U.S. astronaut Terry Virts tweeted his followers this image after completing a series of spacewalks with his partner astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore to prepare the International Space Station for upcoming U.S. commercial spacecraft currently in development. Virts commented on the tweet: "Mission Accomplished - 3 #spacewalks, 800' of cable, 4 antennas, 3 laser reflectors, 1 greased robotic arm."

CCP Astronauts Butch Tour

NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore, center, tours Boeing's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) on Oct. 25, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner will launch on its first uncrewed flight test on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Starliner is being developed and manufactured in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to return human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

Butch Wilmore Tour

Inside the United Launch Alliance Horizontal Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore views the first integrated piece of flight hardware for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS). The ICPS is the in-space stage that is located toward the top of the rocket, between the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter and the Orion Spacecraft Adapter. It will provide some of the in-space propulsion during Orion's first flight test atop the SLS on Exploration Mission 1.

Commerical Crew Program (CCP) Astronauts visit Aerojet Rocketdyn

NASA astronauts Eric Boe, from left, and Barry "Butch" Wilmore listen as an Aerojet Rocketdyne engineer discusses aspects of an RL10 engine during a tour of Aerojet Rocketdyne's facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. The engine will be one of two used for the Centaur upper stage during a United Launch Alliance Atlas V mission to launch Boeing's CST-100 Starliner on a flight test carrying a crew. The engine was test-fired as part of acceptance testing to confirm the engine is ready for flight.

CCP Astronauts Butch Tour

NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore, at left, tours Boeing's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) on Oct. 25, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner will launch on its first uncrewed flight test on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Starliner is being developed and manufactured in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to return human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.