William Cameron McCool

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William Cameron McCool was a United States Navy commander and NASA astronaut who served as the pilot of the Space Shuttle Columbia on its ill-fated STS-107 mission.

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instanceOf NASA astronaut
human
military aviator
naval officer
awardReceived Congressional Space Medal of Honor
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery
causeOfDeath Columbia disaster
surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1961-09-23
dateOfDeath 2003-02-01
educatedAt Naval Postgraduate School
United States Naval Academy
University of Maryland
employer NASA
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
endTimeOfSpaceflight 2003-02-01
familyName McCool
fieldOfStudy aeronautical engineering
applied physics
givenName William
hasHonoraryEponym Cameron McCool crater on the Moon
McCool Elementary/Middle School, Guam
McCool Hill on Mars
William C. McCool Regional Park
surface form: William C. McCool Regional Park, Nevada
memberOf NASA Astronaut Corps
middleName Cameron
militaryBranch United States Navy
militaryRank Commander
nativeLanguage English
notableFor serving as pilot on the final flight of Space Shuttle Columbia
notableWork STS-107
surface form: research mission STS-107
occupation astronaut
naval aviator
test pilot
participantIn Columbia disaster
surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
placeOfBirth San Diego, California, United States
placeOfDeath over Texas, United States
positionHeld pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia
residence Texas
surface form: Texas, United States
selectedAsAstronaut 1996
serviceNumberOrID NASA Astronaut Group 15
sexOrGender male
spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia
spaceMission STS-107
startTimeOfSpaceflight 2003-01-16

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William C. McCool fullName William Cameron McCool