NASA Astronaut of Butch Wilmore, which was trapped in space for nearly a year, touched on the importance of confidence during a press conference on Monday.
Wilmore spent nine months on board the International Space Station (ISS) with astronaut Sunni Williams friend, starting in June 2024. The pair were stuck there for over 280 days, though they were originally planned to be there for just eight days.
After deducting to ISS, astronauts’ Boeing Starliner Space Open technical issues, which made NASA decide that it was unsafe to return astronauts to Earth. The Biden administration was blamed by critics for removing stranded astronauts, and Williams and Wilmore returned to the ground in the Spacex Dragon capsule on March 18.
At the press conference on Monday, Wilmore was honest about his relationship with God when a reporter asked about belief in space.
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Butch Wilmore expressed gratitude to his pastors and practicing Christianity during a press conference on Monday. (Getty Images/Istock)
“I’ve heard you were still following your church services from space. Can you tell me a little bit about why this was important for you to do?” Asked the journalist.
“Well, kindness, the word of God … I need it,” the astronaut began. “My pastors are the best pastors in or out, in this case, the planet.”
“And to connect and worship with my church family was vital,” Wilmore added. “I mean, it’s part of what makes me go.”
Wilmore also shouted a church in Tennesses, saying he would look at their services while in ISS.
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Williams and Wilmore answers questions about their Spacex Crew-9 mission and extended time to the international spatial station during their March 31st press conference. (Pool)
“I also (allocated) to the Grace Baptist Church at Mount Juliet, Tennesses. A friend of mine is an elderly there and a pastor there, and I would see their service as well, every week,” the astronaut continued.
Wilmore described the weekly services as “invigorating” and emphasized how important the Christian society is for him.
“Part of what I need, as a believer in Jesus Christ, to continue that concentration – a system, day inside and outside, because I need that society, even though it is society from afar,” Wilmore explained.
Saved Sspacex Crew-9 Astronauts seemed positive and optimistic as they spoke with the press on March 31, 2025. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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“And it’s not like being a friendship nearby, but still I need it.”
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Curto and Pilalar Arias contributed to this report.
