{"id":31740,"date":"2026-08-26T17:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=31740"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:44:51","slug":"stuck-in-space-how-nasa-astronaut-butch-wilmore-stayed-grounded-in-christ-despite-the-unexpected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=31740","title":{"rendered":"Stuck in Space: How NASA Astronaut Butch Wilmore Stayed Grounded in Christ Despite the Unexpected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Butch Wilmore is a retired NASA astronaut who was part of the 8-day mission that unexpectedly stretched to nearly 10 months in space. He and another astronaut were stuck on the International Space Station from June 2024 until March 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Wilmore, a devout Christian, leaned on his faith throughout the extended mission. He described his spiritual connection as &#8220;vital to existence,&#8221; emphasizing that God&#8217;s sovereignty sustained him as he faced the unknown.<\/p>\n<p>During his time in orbit, Wilmore led church devotionals and even joined fellow astronauts in singing &#8220;Amazing Grace&#8221; with members of his home congregation, Providence Baptist Church in Pasadena, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The chance to share the gospel and proclaim Christ Jesus as Lord is the driver,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>CBN&#8217;s Efrem Graham recently talked with Wilmore about his experience and his latest book, Stuck in Space: An Astronaut&#8217;s Hope Through the Unexpected.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>***Please sign up for\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>CBN Newsletters<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0and download the\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>CBN News app<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0to ensure you keep receiving the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.***<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Butch Wilmore is a retired NASA astronaut who was part of the 8-day mission that unexpectedly stretched to nearly 10 months in space. He and another astronaut were stuck on the International Space Station from June 2024 until March 2025. Wilmore, a devout Christian, leaned on his faith throughout the extended mission. He described his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[8437,10583,232,10586,3721,1049,10585,2838,288,10584],"class_list":["post-31740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jesus","tag-astronaut","tag-butch","tag-christ","tag-grounded","tag-nasa","tag-space","tag-stayed","tag-stuck","tag-unexpected","tag-wilmore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}