Fox News has added astronaut Butch Wilmore as a contributor, where he’ll provide space-related analysis for the network.
The 63-year-old served as a NASA astronaut beginning in 2000. He worked three spaceflights during his tenure, totalling 464 days off of Earth and 32 hours outside the spacecraft.
Last year, Wilmore was a member of the crew stranded in space for months after originally embarking on what was meant to be an eight-day trip.
Wilmore made his first appearance as a Fox News contributor on Tuesday morning on America’s Newsroom. Anchor Bill Hemmer said, “Welcome to the team. Welcome to the family. It’s great to have you.”
The addition of Butch Wilmore as a Fox News contributor comes as the Artemis II mission is in the midst of its 10-day mission, crewed by four astronauts around the moon. It is the first crewed mission beyond low Earth Orbit since Apollo 17 in Dcember 1972. The spacecraft is expected to return to the Pacific Ocean just after 8 PM ET on Friday, April 11th.
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