Douglas H. Wheelock
American - ( NASA)
Active
Date of Birth: May 5, 1960
Age: 61
Douglas Harry "Wheels" Wheelock is an American engineer and astronaut. He has flown in space twice, logging 178 days on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, and Russian Soyuz. On July 12, 2011, Wheelock announced that he would be returning to active duty with the United States Army in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-120
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 23, 2007, 3:38 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Human Exploration
STS-120 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on 23 October 2007 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission is also referred to as ISS-10A by the ISS program. STS-120 delivered the Harmony module and reconfigured a portion of the station in preparation for future assembly missions. STS-120 was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and was the twenty-third space shuttle mission to the ISS.
Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-19
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 15, 2010, 9:35 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Human Exploration
Soyuz TMA-19 begins Expedition 24 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin alongside Flight Engineers, Shannon Walker (NASA) & Douglas H. Wheelock (NASA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on November 26, 2010, 04:46 UTC
Low Earth Orbit
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Atlas V 401
Landsat 9
Space Launch Complex 3E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USALandsat 9 is a partnership between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to continue the Landsat program's critical role in monitoring, understanding a…
Long March 3
Beidou-4S (?)
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaProbable test satellite for the future 4th generation navigation satellite for the Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite System. Payload identity highl…
Kuaizhou
Jilin-1-02D
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaJilin-1 is a series of Chinese commercial remote sensing satellites.
Long March 7
Tianzhou-3
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaSecond cargo delivery mission to the Chinese large modular space station.
Hapith I
Test Flight
Pad 1 - Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, South AustraliaThe first Hapith I launch will be testing TiSPACE's hybrid rocket engine technology in preparation for the future Hapith V launch vehicle. Targeting …
