Butch Wilmore
Retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on the Space Shuttle, Soyuz, Boeing Starliner, and SpaceX Crew Dragon, accumulating 464 days in space and multiple spacewalks; combat naval aviator, test pilot, and STEM mentor.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 3h 30min
#287 Butch Wilmore - He Was Stranded in Space for 286 Days
Butch Wilmore, retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who logged 464 days in space, shares vivid stories from naval aviation to long-duration station life. He recounts suit and spacewalk tech, surviving off-nominal landings, and commanding Starliner’s test flight. He also talks leadership, faith, family tokens flown to orbit, and coping with 286 days stranded aboard the ISS.
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Mar 14, 2026 • 20min
From Launch to Crisis: The Mission That Left Astronauts Stuck in Orbit
Butch Wilmore, retired U.S. Navy Captain and NASA astronaut who commanded long-duration missions and wrote the memoir Stuck in Space, recounts a Starliner mission that spun into crisis. He talks through thruster failures, the tense manual-and-automated docking that became the only safe option, life confined to spacecraft during an extended stay, and why he wrote his memoir with a message of hope.
Apr 1, 2026 • 51min
Best of the Program | Guests: Butch Wilmore & Hugh Ross | 4/1/26
Butch Wilmore, retired NASA astronaut and former Navy captain who survived a prolonged spacecraft failure, shares his firsthand ordeal and faith under pressure. Hugh Ross, astrophysicist and founder of Reasons to Believe, discusses space exploration and how scientific clues relate to biblical events. They talk about spacecraft failures, lunar evidence, Noah’s flood timing, and the purpose of exploring space.
