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NASA Astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock

Douglas H. Wheelock was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1998. He most recently served as a flight engineer onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 24 and 25.

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Colonel Wheelock is a dual-rated Master Army Aviator and has logged more than 7,000 flight hours in 46 different rotary and fixed-wing aircraft and spacecraft. He is also an FAA-rated commercial pilot in single- and multi-engine land craft, rotorcraft and gliders.

Colonel Wheelock is a dual-rated Master Army Aviator and has logged more than 7,000 flight hours in 46 different rotary and fixed-wing aircraft and spacecraft. He is also an FAA-rated commercial pilot in single- and multi-engine land craft, rotorcraft and gliders.

Colonel Wheelock received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Infantry from West Point in May 1983.

Colonel Wheelock received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Infantry from West Point in May 1983.

The New York native holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science and Engineering from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia.

The New York native holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science and Engineering from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia.

(5 December 2006) Astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock, mission specialist. (Credit: NASA)

(2 February 2015) NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, opened its doors to media reporters and social media representatives Feb. 2, 2015 for a “State of NASA” event featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the agency’s progress on its journey to Mars. In this photograph Astronaut Doug Wheelock tour media guests through the International Space Station mockup, giving them an inside look into the life of an astronaut in space. (Credit: James Blair)

(11 August 2010) NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, Expedition 24 flight engineer, exits the Quest airlock for a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, 26-minute spacewalk, Wheelock and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson (out of frame), flight engineer, removed the failed pump module from the S1 truss.

(19 October 2010) NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, Expedition 25 commander, uses a still camera to photograph the topography of a point on Earth from a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station.

(28 June 2010) NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, Expedition 24 flight engineer, attired in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, occupies his seat in the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. Wheelock, along with Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronaut Shannon Walker (both out of frame) were about to relocate the Soyuz from the Zvezda Service Module’s aft port to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1).

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Astronauts Douglas H. Wheelock and Scott E. Parazynski (partially obscured), both STS-120 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

(2 February 2007) Astronauts Douglas H. Wheelock and Scott E. Parazynski (partially obscured), both STS-120 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Wheelock and Parazynski are attired in training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. SCUBA-equipped divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA)

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