David Wolf (astronaut)

David Wolf
Born
David Alexander Wolf

(1956-08-23) August 23, 1956 (age 67)
EducationPurdue University (BS)
Indiana University, Indianapolis (MD)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space
168d 8h 57m
SelectionNASA Group 13 (1990)
Total EVAs
7
Total EVA time
41h 17m
MissionsSTS-58
Mir 24 (STS-86 / STS-89)
STS-112
STS-127
Mission insignia

David Alexander Wolf (born August 23, 1956) is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer.[1] Wolf has been to space four times. Three of his spaceflights were short-duration Space Shuttle missions, the first of which was STS-58 in 1993, and his most recent spaceflight was STS-127 in 2009. Wolf also took part in a long-duration mission aboard the Russian space station Mir which lasted 128 days, and occurred during Mir EO-24. He was brought to Mir aboard STS-86 in September 1997, and landed aboard STS-89 in January 1998. In total Wolf has logged more than 4,040 hours in space. He is also a veteran of 7 spacewalks totaling 41hrs 17min in both Russian and American spacesuits.

  1. ^ "DAVID A. WOLF (BSEE, M.D.), NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER)" (PDF). NASA. January 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

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