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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 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.

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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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