Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 2003.
1Flight
15d 22hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
William Cameron "Willie" McCool 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 re-entry into the atmosphere. He was the youngest male member of the crew. McCool was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-107January 16, 2003
Born 1961-09-23 · died 2003-02-01