Astronaut Butch Wilmore, who rode to the space station in June 2024 with Suni Williams aboard the Boeing Starliner, is retiring from NASA.

One of NASA's two previously stuck astronauts has retired. NASA announced Butch Wilmore's departure from the space agency on Wednesday.

Wilmore and fellow NASA astronaut Suni Williams spent more than nine months in space after their return was continually delayed due to mechanical issues