Douglas H. Wheelock
Douglas Harry Wheelock is an American Army officer, engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut.
- Born
- May 5, 1960
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Binghamton, New York,United States
Flights
2
Spacewalks
6
EVA time
43 hours, 30 minutes
In space
178 days, 9 hours, 34 minutes
Bio
Wheelock graduated from the United States Military Academy and earned a graduate degree from Georgia Tech. His Army career included aviation, test-pilot work, and engineering before NASA selected him in 1998.
He flew STS-120, which delivered Harmony to the ISS, then launched on Soyuz TMA-19 for 24 and 25. Expedition 25 should stay inside the Soyuz TMA-19 flight card because Wheelock launched and landed on that spacecraft.
Wheelock commanded Expedition 25 and performed multiple .
Douglas H. Wheelock flew on STS-120; Soyuz TMA-19. The EVA record lists 6 spacewalks totaling 43 hours, 30 minutes, adding a direct operations dimension beyond launch and landing statistics.