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Douglas Gerald Hurley is an American astronaut, military officer, and engineer. Born in 1966 in Endicott, he serves as a colonel in the United States Marine Corps. He is a member of NASA Astronaut Group 18 and has worked for NASA. His call sign is Chunky. He is married to Karen L. Nyberg.
Hurley was educated at Tulane University of Louisiana and the United States Naval Test Pilot School. He speaks English. He has been recognized in the Astronauts collection. He received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
He has served on the crews of STS-127, STS-135, and Crew Dragon Demo-2. His total time in space is 133118.
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Key facts
- Born
- Douglas Gerald Hurley , ( 1966-10-21 ) October 21, 1966 (age 59) , Endicott, New York , U.S.
- Education
- Tulane University ( BS )
- Spouse
- Karen Nyberg
- Rank
- Colonel , USMC
- Time in space
- 92d 10h 38m
- Selection
- NASA Group 18 (2000)
- Missions
- STS-127 , STS-135 , SpX-DM2 ( Expedition 63 )
- Retirement
- July 16, 2021
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 18
- Given name
- Douglas
- Family name
- Hurley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Endicott
- Spouse
- Karen L. Nyberg
- Occupation
- engineer
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Military rank
- colonel
- Image
- Douglas Hurley.jpg
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- Commons category
- Douglas Hurley
- date of birth
- 1966-10-21
- time in space
- 133118
- call sign
- Chunky
- member of the crew of
- Crew Dragon Demo-2
- name in native language
- Douglas Gerald Hurley
- social media followers
- 332383
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Encyclopedic overview
Douglas Gerald Hurley (born October 21, 1966) is an American engineer, former Marine Corps pilot, and former NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle missions STS-127 (July 2009) and STS-135 (July 2011), the final flight of the Space Shuttle program. He launched into space for the third time as commander of Crew Dragon Demo-2, the first crewed spaceflight from American soil since STS-135 and became, together with Bob Behnken, the first astronaut in history launching aboard a commercial orbital spacecraft. He was also the first Marine to fly the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet. His call sign is "Chunky", and he was sometimes referred to by this name on the communication loops.
Early years and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Douglas G. Hurley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.