Army astronaut set for first spaceflight today

[GreatAmerican]

<p><a href=“http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/10/army_astronaut_071023w/[/url]”>http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/10/army_astronaut_071023w/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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When NASA launches the space shuttle Discovery today, one of those onboard will be Army Col. Douglas H. Wheelock, a mission specialist who will be making his first spaceflight…</p>

<p>…Wheelock, 47, is a West Point graduate with a master’s degree from Georgia Tech. He is a dual-rated Master Army Aviator and has logged over 2,500 flight hours in 43 different rotary and fixed-wing aircraft. He also is an FAA-rated commercial pilot in single and multi-engine land craft, rotorcraft and gliders, the release said…

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