David Wolf (astronaut)
David Alexander Wolf (born August 23, 1956) is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer. 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 August 23, 1956 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
Education | Purdue University (BS) Indiana University, Indianapolis (MD) |
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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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