Born William C Graham[1]
His mother Audrey (Huck) remarried on 15 Aug 1969 in San Diego City, California, USA to a Navy pilot, Barent "Barry" McCool,[2] who became Willie's adoptive father. [3]
William Cameron "Willie" McCool (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003), (Cmdr, USN), 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.
1961 | Born in San Diego, San Diego, California, USA. |
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1983 | Bachelor of Science in Applied Science, United States Naval Academy. During his Navy career, he was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal. |
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1985 | Master of Science in Computer Science, University of Maryland. | |||||
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1992 | Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. | |||||
1996 | Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 16. [4] | |||||
2003 | Flew on Columbia STS-107 as Pilot with Rick Husband, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson, Laurel B. Clark and Ilan Ramon. Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and the NASA Space Flight Medal. [5] Died when the Columbia broke apart during reentry. |
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2004 | Awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. [6] |
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