Career record
Flights
1
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
15d 22h
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0
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.
Launches
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-107 — Pilot · Failure · January 16, 2003
Born 1961-09-23 · died 2003-02-01