Willie McCool
NASA astronaut
Died when: 41 years 131 days (496 months)Star Sign: Libra
William Cameron "Willie" McCool (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) (Cmdr, USN) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107.
He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the atmosphere. He was the crew's youngest male member.
He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
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