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William C. McCool

1961 - 2003

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William Cameron "Willie" McCool (born William Cameron Graham September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107. He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the atmosphere. McCool was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William C. McCool is the 31st most popular astronaut (up from 271st in 2019), the 1,765th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,212th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, William C. McCool ranks 31 out of 556. Before him are Harrison Schmitt, Jack Lousma, David M. Brown, Svetlana Savitskaya, Gerald Carr, and Owen Garriott. After him are Edgar Mitchell, Andriyan Nikolayev, Jim Lovell, David Scott, Mark Kelly, and Margaret Rhea Seddon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, William C. McCool ranks 47. Before him are Woody Harrelson, Tim Roth, Enzo Francescoli, Randy Jackson, Alfonso Cuarón, and Karl von Habsburg. After him are Larry Mullen Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, Henry Rollins, Kim Tok-hun, William Hague, and Mylène Farmer. Among people deceased in 2003, William C. McCool ranks 56. Before him are Eizo Yuguchi, Franco Corelli, Monique Wittig, Tadao Horie, Diana Mosley, and Moktar Ould Daddah. After him are Rasul Gamzatov, John Schlesinger, André Claveau, June Carter Cash, László Papp, and Edgar F. Codd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William C. McCool ranks 1,765 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Jacque Fresco (1916), Thomas Schelling (1921), Stevie Nicks (1948), Ronald Dworkin (1931), and Courtney Love (1964). After him are Hugh Glass (1783), Paul Ryan (1970), Ronnie Coleman (1964), Kaley Cuoco (1985), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), and Lee Evans (1947).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, William C. McCool ranks 22. Before him are Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Jack Lousma (1936), David M. Brown (1956), Gerald Carr (1932), and Owen Garriott (1930). After him are Edgar Mitchell (1930), Jim Lovell (1928), David Scott (1932), Mark Kelly (1964), Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947), and Gus Grissom (1926).

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