After being stranded for nine months in space, veteran NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore is sharing how his faith in God kept him going.
In June 2024, Wilmore and fellow astronaut Suni Williams were launched into space as the first humans to ride a Boeing Starliner spacecraft. The entire trip should have been 7 days but because of aircraft complications, the two were stranded on the International Space Station for nine months. Williams and Wilmore finally came back to Earth, alongside two other astronauts, landing in the Gulf of Mexico on Mar. 18, 2025.
“My feeling about all of this goes back to my faith,” said Wilmore in an entrevista. “It’s tied to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He is working out His plan and purposes for His glory through all of humanity, and how that plays out in our lives is meaningful and important.”
The return flight on the SpaceX craft took 17 hours for the four astronauts to safely land in the water just off the coast of Florida.
“I was never alone. God was there, even in the darkest moments.”
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Home sweet home. 🏠
NASA’s SpaceX #Crew9 touched down at Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in Houston at 11:19 pm CDT, March 18, after their @Space_Station mission and successful splashdown earlier this afternoon.
Welcome home, Butch, Suni, Nick, & Aleksandr! pic.twitter.com/fbgWiU9ird
— NASA's Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson) March 19, 2025
Wilmore, a member and elder of Providence Baptist Church in Pasadena, Texas, stayed connected with his church throughout his time in space. He even made a few calls to some elderly church members throughout his time stranded on the station, to encourage them.
While the crew had enough supplies during their extended stay in space, they faced many challenges. This included testing the boundaries of their physical and mental states.
“I understand that He works in all things, some for the good — see Hebrews Chapter 11 — and others seem not so good to us,” said Wilmore. “But all things work together for His good, for all who believe.”
The crew members were flown to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston after returning for routine health checks before being able to reconnect with their families.
“They will get some well-deserved time off, well-deserved time with their families,” NASA’s Commercial Crew Program chief Steve Stich told reporters. “It’s been a long time for them.”
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An uplifting story, especially the short video attached. Thanks for posting this good news.
God was there because Joe Biden abandoned him.
Story needs to be shared widely and across multiple media types.
Landing was in The Gulf of America as reported by NASA. Hanging on to the former name, Gulf of Mexico, detracts from the article by injecting the author’s political bias commentary, even if subtly.
In your haste to whine about bias, you failed to notice that the article is from a Canadian news source. In every country besides the US, that body of water is still officially known as the Gulf of Mexico (at least when referred to in English).
And despite Trump’s wishes, Canada is an independent country, and not the 51st state of the US.
In Canada 🇨🇦where this story was written the body of water is still the Gulf of Mexico.
Yes, GREAT ending! Thank you Elon Musk (not mentioned in the article)!! And it’s the Gulf of America.
The same Elon Musk whose Starship 8 explodes and fails TWICE this year (for the same mistake) If NASA had the same failure rates as SpaceX does, that ketamine addict Musk would be firing everyone and Congress would be demanding where the money is going. Try better next time.
SpaceX has a higher success rate than NASA on flights that have a payload or crew. They have a 100% success rate with crewed flights, and an over 99% success rate with other payloads, and at a much lower cost. The Starship failures were simply because SpaceX is aggressive in testing early designs. They did not have a high expectation of success for those flights. They may have been too careless about debris and launchpad construction, though.
That said, W Scott Moyer and others here are also showing their bias. The article is from a Canadian news site, so the writer was using the official Canadian name for the body of water in question.
Also, Elon Musk may deserve credit as the CEO of SpaceX, but he didn’t do anything special to “rescue” Wilmore and Williams. The astronauts basically missed a flight home because of a failure in a Boeing capsule, so they took the next regularly scheduled flight home on a SpaceX capsule, as scheduled in August 2024 for early 2025.
The Biden administration delegated the decision to NASA, and the Trump administration stuck to that plan. There’s no reason for praise or blame either of them in regard to the scheduling.
Which brings up another point. If the Trump/Musk worshipers on this site are so eager to give Musk credit for “saving” these astronauts and being the CEO of SpaceX, then to be intellectually honest and consistent, they would have to place blame on Musk for all the Tesla Cybertruck mechanical, structural, electrical, and safety issues. But of course, they won’t do to that. They have drank too much of the Kool-Aid.
You guys are funny. All I’m saying is that Elon Musk deserves a mention because it was his company that brought the folks back. Like if Facebook did something incredible or facilitated a situation and the author does not mention Zuck for creating the platform. Don’t get EDS (Elon Derangement Syndrome). He’s still a genius even when he was on your side of the political spectrum.
“The heavens declare the glory of God; And the FIRMAMENT shows His handiwork.”
Psalm 19.1
When you know, you know.
#AstroNots
Thanks be to God for raising up Elon Musk and for bringing our brave astronauts back to earth and for the safe landing in the Gulf of America.
This article is about how an astronaut put his faith in God during a hard time, but it seems commenters are capable of thinking only in political terms. A sad commentary on the state of American Christendom.
I’m saddened to see how many Christians read this article and are more concerned about how Donald Trump and Elon Musk are portrayed versus how God is glorified.
But here we are in American Christianity.
Too bad Greg and Rebecca. We’re still praising God but we’re also giving the men credit who deserve it. It’s not either/or.
We’re still praising God but we’re also giving the men credit who deserve it
Where did you praise God?
All I see on your posts are praise for Trump and Musk.
You didn’t mention God once!
Elon Musk is this century’s version of Howard Hughes. How long before he stops with his personal grooming and starts collecting bodily fluids in bottles?