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Rex J. Walheim

1962 - Today

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Rex Joseph Walheim (born October 10, 1962) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer and NASA astronaut. He flew three Space Shuttle missions, STS-110, STS-122, and STS-135. Walheim logged over 566 hours in space, including 36 hours and 23 minutes of spacewalk (EVA) time. He was assigned as mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-135, the final Space Shuttle mission. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Rex J. Walheim is the 433rd most popular astronaut (up from 472nd in 2024), the 14,839th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,543rd in 2019) and the 226th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Rex J. Walheim ranks 433 out of 556. Before him are Stephanie Wilson, Dmitri Kondratyev, Kimiya Yui, Maksim Surayev, Stephen Bowen, and Joseph R. Tanner. After him are Gregory C. Johnson, Kenneth D. Cameron, Leland D. Melvin, Daniel W. Bursch, Terrence W. Wilcutt, and Kevin A. Ford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Rex J. Walheim ranks 814. Before him are Dan Bittman, Håkan Juholt, Nahoko Uehashi, Natalya Bochina, Antonello Riva, and Hirokazu Sasaki. After him are Biosphere, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Sergei Yashin, Nuria González, Ari Hjelm, and Bojan Prešern.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rex J. Walheim ranks 14,844 out of 20,380. Before him are Chuck Share (1927), MacKinlay Kantor (1904), Mark Aguirre (1959), Jon Drummond (1968), Frances Langford (1913), and Tom Laughlin (1931). After him are Lucas Grabeel (1984), Sarah Hyland (1990), Kay Aldridge (1917), Lloyd Blankfein (1954), H. Beam Piper (1904), and Cynthia Weil (1940).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Rex J. Walheim ranks 226. Before him are William G. Gregory (1957), Ken Bowersox (1956), Steven Swanson (1960), Stephanie Wilson (1966), Stephen Bowen (1964), and Joseph R. Tanner (1950). After him are Gregory C. Johnson (1954), Kenneth D. Cameron (1949), Daniel W. Bursch (1957), Terrence W. Wilcutt (1949), Kevin A. Ford (1960), and Michael L. Gernhardt (1956).

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