William Shepherd

William McMichael "Bill" Shepherd, , is an American former Navy SEAL, aerospace, ocean, and mechanical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who served as commander of Expedition 1, the first crew on the International Space Station. He is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

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1949  Wikimedia, Wikidata
astronaut, engineer, military officer, military flight engineer, 

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  Soyuz TM-31 ⓘ
  first Soyuz mission to the International Space Station

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  STS-102 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-27 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-41 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-52 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  Expedition 1 ⓘ
  First long-duration human stay aboard the International Space Station

United States, 

1949-07-26T00:00:00Z

1949-07-26T00:00:00Z

1949 William Shepherd

2000-11-02T00:00:00Z

2001-03-19T00:00:00Z

2000 — 2001 Expedition 1

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STS-41 crew communicates with ground controllers from OV-103's flight deck

William Shepherd

STS-41 crewmembers pose on OV-103's middeck for inflight (in-space) portrait

STS-41 crew communicates with ground controllers from OV-103's flight deck

William Shepherd

STS-41 IOP Test

STS-41 crewmembers pose on OV-103's middeck for inflight (in-space) portrait

S98E5276 - STS-098 - Joint Expedition One and STS-98 crew portrait - DPLA - e37739101ea2fac1756ca59441b3d9bf

STS102-320-013 - STS-102 - Crewmember activity in the ISS MPLM - DPLA - c9135e0c20d1b82b8f8e11ff7a37a13e

S97E5144 - STS-097 - Expedition One and STS-97 crew pose for portrait - DPLA - 3170bbdc9f886a4fc4e652989e7c378f

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	orbit		Soyuz TM-31	Dennis Tito, Sergei Krikalev, Soyuz-TM, Talgat Musabayev, William Shepherd, Yuri Baturin, Yuri Guidzenko, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		STS-102	Andy Thomas, James M. Kelly, James S. Voss, Jim Wetherbee, Paul W. Richards, Sergei Krikalev, Susan J. Helms, William Shepherd, Yuri Guidzenko, Yury Usachov, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		STS-27	Guy Gardner, Jerry L. Ross, Mike Mullane, Robert L. Gibson, William Shepherd, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		STS-41	Bruce E. Melnick, Richard N. Richards, Robert D. Cabana, Thomas Akers, William Shepherd, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		STS-52	Charles L. Veach, Jim Wetherbee, Michael A. Baker, Steve MacLean, Tamara E. Jernigan, William Shepherd, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2000	Expedition 1	Sergei Krikalev, William Shepherd, Yuri Guidzenko, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
commons	image		STS-41 crew communicates with ground controllers from OV-103's flight deck		Commons
commons	image		William Shepherd		Commons
commons	image		STS-41 crewmembers pose on OV-103's middeck for inflight (in-space) portrait		Commons
commons	image		STS-41 crew communicates with ground controllers from OV-103's flight deck		Commons
commons	image		William Shepherd		Commons
commons	image		STS-41 IOP Test		Commons
commons	image		STS-41 crewmembers pose on OV-103's middeck for inflight (in-space) portrait		Commons
commons	image		S98E5276 - STS-098 - Joint Expedition One and STS-98 crew portrait - DPLA - e37739101ea2fac1756ca59441b3d9bf		Commons
commons	image		STS102-320-013 - STS-102 - Crewmember activity in the ISS MPLM - DPLA - c9135e0c20d1b82b8f8e11ff7a37a13e		Commons
commons	image		S97E5144 - STS-097 - Expedition One and STS-97 crew pose for portrait - DPLA - 3170bbdc9f886a4fc4e652989e7c378f		Commons