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Douglas H. Wheelock

1960 - Today

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Douglas Harry "Wheels" Wheelock (born May 5, 1960) is an American engineer and astronaut. He has flown in space twice, logging 178 days on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, and Russian Soyuz. On July 12, 2011, Wheelock announced that he would be returning to active duty with the United States Army in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He is currently working with NASA to test the Orion spacecraft at the Glenn Research Center in Plum Brook, Ohio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas H. Wheelock is the 379th most popular engineer (up from 382nd in 2024), the 14,437th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,985th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Douglas H. Wheelock ranks 379 out of 389Before him are Sydney Camm, Charles Ingram, C. H. Douglas, Nick Wirth, Naoki Hattori, and James Key. After him are Tessy Thomas, Matthias Ettrich, Thomas Sopwith, Henry M. Morris, James Guthrie, and Ted Jensen.

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Among people born in 1960, Douglas H. Wheelock ranks 688Before him are Chingiz Mustafayev, Jan Ottosson, Hocine Yahi, Wim Koevermans, Marcia Barbosa, and Scott Frank. After him are Fritz Walter, Roma Downey, Richard Biggs, Kristin Halvorsen, Jiang Yi-huah, and Siedah Garrett.

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Douglas H. Wheelock ranks 47Before him are Chuck Peddle (1937), Robert R. Gilruth (1913), Tom Dowd (1925), Robert Zubrin (1952), David S. Johnson (1945), and John Houbolt (1919). After him are Henry M. Morris (1918), Ted Jensen (1954), Jonathan James (1983), Feargus Urquhart (1970), Randall Munroe (1984), and Kimberly Bryant (1967).