October 21, 2009
Astronaut/linebacker Wilmore featured in Tennessean
Former Golden Eagle linebacker Barry Wilmore, a member of the TTU Sports Hall of Fame, will pilot the next NASA shuttle mission. He was featured recently in The Tennessean.
Former Golden Eagle linebacker Barry Wilmore, a member of the
TTU Sports Hall of Fame, will pilot the next NASA shuttle mission.
He was featured recently in the Tennessean.
Astronaut Barry Wilmore travels from Mt. Juliet to outer
space
Wilmore takes the best of town with him into orbit
Barry Wilmore's first word was "why."
That question and a life-long fascination with how things work
have lead him on a career path that will carry him into space next
month as the 46-year-old U.S. Navy captain pilots the STS-129
mission on the space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space
Station. The shuttle is scheduled to launch Nov. 12.
"I was always intrigued by how things work, and I still am,"
Wilmore said.
Link here to the complete story in The Tennessean
