Douglas H. Wheelock

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Douglas Harry "Wheels" Wheelock is an American engineer and astronaut. He has flown in space twice, logging 178 days on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, and Russian Soyuz. On July 12, 2011, Wheelock announced that he would be returning to active duty with the United States Army in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He is currently working with NASA to test the Orion spacecraft at the Glenn Research Center in Plum Brook, Ohio.

1960  WikimediaWikidata
engineer, astronaut, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Commendation Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, NASA Space Flight Medal, 

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  • Soyuz TMA-19
    flight carrying astronauts to the International Space Station
  • STS-120
    human spaceflight
  • Expedition 24
    mission to the International Space Station
  • Expedition 25
    mission to the International Space Station
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2007 STS-120
2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
2010-09-25T00:00:00Z
2010-09-25T00:00:00Z
2010-11-26T00:00:00Z
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    classorbitSoyuz TMA-19Douglas H. Wheelock, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Shannon Walker, Soyuz-TMA, human spaceflight,Wikidata
    classspaceflight2007STS-120Clayton Anderson, Daniel M. Tani, Douglas H. Wheelock, George D. Zamka, Pamela Melroy, Paolo Nespoli, Scott E. Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, human spaceflightWikidata
    classspaceflight2010Expedition 24Aleksandr Skvortsov, Douglas H. Wheelock, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Mikhail Korniyenko, Shannon Walker, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, expedition to the International Space StationWikidata
    classspaceflight2010Expedition 25Aleksandr Kaleri, Douglas H. Wheelock, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Oleg Skripochka, Scott Kelly, Shannon Walker, expedition to the International Space StationWikidata
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