Key facts
- Born
- William McMichael Shepherd , ( 1949-07-26 ) July 26, 1949 (age 76) , Oak Ridge, Tennessee , U.S.
- Education
- United States Naval Academy ( BS ), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( Eng , MS )
- Awards
- Congressional Space Medal of Honor , Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
- Rank
- Captain , USN
- Time in space
- 159d 7h 49min
- Selection
- NASA Group 10 (1984)
- Missions
- STS-27 , STS-41 , STS-52 , Soyuz TM-31 / STS-102 ( Expedition 1 )
- Retirement
- August 14, 2002
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 10
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Shepherd
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oak Ridge
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Military rank
- captain 1st rank
- Image
- William Shepherd.jpg
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- Commons category
- William Shepherd
- date of birth
- 1949-07-26
- P450
- STS-102
- time in space
- 229429
- name in native language
- Martin owen
- member of
- Expedition 1
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Encyclopedic overview
William McMichael Shepherd (born July 26, 1949), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is an American former Navy SEAL, aerospace, ocean, and mechanical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who served as commander of Expedition 1, the first crew on the International Space Station. He is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Education and training
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “William Shepherd” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.