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Also known as David Alexander Wolf

American astronaut

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David Alexander Wolf is a male United States citizen born in Indianapolis in 1956. He serves as a military officer, astronaut, physician, and engineer. Wolf is a member of the United States Air Force and was part of NASA Astronaut Group 13, working for NASA. He has flown on the STS-89, STS-112, STS-58, and STS-127 missions.

Wolf received the Order of Friendship, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the NASA Space Flight Medal, and the Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration." He spent 242457 units of time in space. He was educated at Indiana University, Purdue University, and Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis.

In addition to his space career, Wolf is recognized in the Astronauts collection. He is also an author with 26 works, including *Philosophy That Works, 2nd Edition*, *Above the Highest Bough*, *Self Discipline*, *Ireland's Winter and Other Poems*, and *Daylight Dolphin*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Works
26

Top works

  • Philosophy That Works, 2nd Edition
  • Above the Highest Bough
  • Self Discipline
  • Ireland's Winter and Other Poems
  • Daylight Dolphin

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Alexander
Family name
Wolf
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Indianapolis
Occupation
engineer
Employer
NASA
Image
DavidWolfv2.jpg
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Commons category
David Wolf
date of birth
1956-08-23
time in space
242457
name in native language
David Wolf
member of the crew of
STS-89
P450
STS-86
Sources (3)

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