William C. McCool

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NASA astronaut United States Navy officer human

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

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instanceOf NASA astronaut ⓘ
United States Navy officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Air Medal ⓘ
Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ
Defense Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Defense Superior Service Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
NASA Space Flight Medal ⓘ
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 ⓘ
U.S. Naval Test Pilot School ⓘ
United States Naval Academy ⓘ
University of Maryland ⓘ
surface form: University of Maryland, College Park
employer NASA ⓘ
familyName McCool ⓘ
fieldOfStudy aeronautical engineering ⓘ
computer science ⓘ
fullName William Cameron McCool ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasHonorificSuffix United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: USN
hasMemorial McCool Elementary/Middle School, Guam ⓘ
McCool Hall, United States Naval Academy ⓘ
William C. McCool Regional Park ⓘ
mannerOfDeath accident ⓘ
memberOf NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
middleName Cameron ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
militaryConflict Cold War ⓘ
militaryRank Commander ⓘ
namedAfter McCool, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent died during re-entry of STS-107 ⓘ
notableWork STS-107 ⓘ
occupation astronaut ⓘ
naval aviator ⓘ
participantIn STS-107 ⓘ
partOf crew of Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 ⓘ
placeOfBirth San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Texas ⓘ
surface form: Texas, United States
positionHeld Space Shuttle pilot ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spaceMission STS-107 ⓘ
spaceShuttle Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ

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Columbia disaster → crewMember → William C. McCool ⓘ
STS-107 → crewMember → William C. McCool ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial → dedicatedTo → William C. McCool ⓘ
Columbia disaster → pilot → William C. McCool ⓘ
STS-107 → pilot → William C. McCool ⓘ