David Wolf (astronaut)
American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer (born 1956) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Alexander Wolf (born August 23, 1956) is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer.[1] Wolf has been to space four times. Three of his spaceflights were short-duration Space Shuttle missions, the first of which was STS-58 in 1993, and his most recent spaceflight was STS-127 in 2009. Wolf also took part in a long-duration mission aboard the Russian space station Mir which lasted 128 days, and occurred during Mir EO-24. He was brought to Mir aboard STS-86 in September 1997, and landed aboard STS-89 in January 1998. In total Wolf has logged more than 4,040 hours in space. He is also a veteran of 7 spacewalks totaling 41hrs 17min in both Russian and American spacesuits.
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Born | David Alexander Wolf (1956-08-23) August 23, 1956 (age 67) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
Education | Purdue University (BS) Indiana University, Indianapolis (MD) |
Space career | |
NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 168d 8h 57m |
Selection | NASA Group 13 (1990) |
Total EVAs | 7 |
Total EVA time | 41h 17m |
Missions | STS-58 Mir 24 (STS-86 / STS-89) STS-112 STS-127 |
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