How roots in Mt. Juliet helped shape a NASA astronaut
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WKRN) — Retired NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore credit his upbringing to Mt. Juliet for serving to to shape his decades-long profession of service. “I was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mom and Dad just happened to be there visiting my aunt, I’m told, and to the hospital they went. Eventually, I actually…