Career record
Flights
4
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
159d 11h
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0
Biography
William McMichael "Bill" Shepherd is an American former Navy SEAL, aerospace, ocean, and mechanical engineer, and NASA astronaut who served as Commander of Expedition 1, the first crew on the International Space Station. He is also a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Launches
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz TM-31 — Flight Engineer · Success · October 31, 2000
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-52 — Mission Specialist · Success · October 22, 1992 · 17:09 UTC
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41 — Mission Specialist · Success · October 6, 1990
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-27 — Mission Specialist · Success · December 2, 1988
Born 1949-07-26