David Wolf

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Wolf
Occupation	Astronaut
Date Of Birth	Aug 23, 1956(1956-08-23)
Age	68
Birthplace	Indianapolis
Country	United States
Birth City	Indiana
Horoscope	Leo

David Wolf Biography

David Wolf is one of the most popular and richest Astronaut who was born on August 23, 1956 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Astronaut who participated in numerous Space Shuttle missions including a 128-day trip aboard the Russian Mir space station. Mir.

He as well as He and Kenneth Cockrell were both members of NASA Astronaut Group 13 in 1990. were both part the NASA Astronaut Group 13 in the year 1990.

David A. Wolf was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States and graduated from North Central High School. Wolf then went on to earn a degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, where he graduated with distinction and became a brother in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. In 1982, he earned a medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. He subsequently trained as a flight surgeon with the United States Air Force. Wolf joined the staff of Johnson Space Center in 1983 and investigated the physiological effects of microgravity.

David Wolf began his NASA career in the Medical Sciences Division at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He was responsible for engineering development and spacecraft avionics integration of the American Flight Echocardiograph for investigating cardiovascular physiology in microgravity. Upon completion he was assigned as chief engineer for design of the Space Station medical facility, directly responsible for multidisciplinary team management, requirements definition, system design, spacecraft systems integration, project schedule, functional and safety verification, and budgetary authority. Dave Wolf was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate in 1990. He completed 18 months of training before being qualified for flight. He was assigned to Kennedy Space Center in Florida where he was involved in Orbiter vehicle processing and testing and as a Capcom (including for the historic docking of Space Shuttle Atlantis with Space Station Mir in 1995). He is expert in Extravehicular Activity (Spacewalk), Spacesuit design, and Rendezvous navigation. Some of his other qualifications include Robotic Manipulator System (Robot Arm) operations, on-orbit systems repair, computer networking, and as Shuttle re-entry flight deck engineer.

He was married to Tammy Kruse.

David Wolf Net Worth

David Wolf is one of the richest Astronaut from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Wolf 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He earned his medical doctorate at Indiana University and worked as an air doctor in the U.S. Air Force.

He started his career with NASA in the medical and engineering department at the Johnson Space Center in Texas.

David Alexander Wolf (born August 23, 1956) is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer. 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.

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Who is David Wolf Dating?

According to our records, David Wolf married to Tammy Kruse. As of December 1, 2023, David Wolf’s is not dating anyone.

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Dave Wolf flew aboard Atlantis during the STS-112 mission. STS-112 delivered the S1 truss segment the International Space Station (ISS). Atlantis launched on October 7, 2002 from Kennedy Space Center. Wolf conducted 3 spacewalks, to install the S1 truss segment and other EVA hardware. He spent a total of 19hrs and 1 minute outside the ISS. Atlantis landed on October 18, 2002, ending STS-112 at 10 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes and 44 seconds.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Astronaut. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. David Wolf celebrates birthday on August 23 of every year.

Wolf and fellow Jewish astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman had “a running battle, a running argument on who has the longest dreidel spin.” Other Jewish artifacts he took into space and brought back include “a yad – a Torah pointer, and .. a small menorah.”

What is David Wolf doing now?

Undaunted by the near disaster, Wolf returned to the stars four years later and served as the lead spacewalker and rendezvous navigation specialist in an International Space Station assembly mission. On the ground, Wolf is currently the chief of the Astronaut Office Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Branch.

How long was David Wolf in space?

168d 8h 57m

Where was David Wolf born?

Indianapolis, IN

Where did David Wolf grow up?

Wolf, DDS grew up in Evansville, Indiana. He received a B.S degree in Science from the University of Southern Indiana and attended Dental School at Indiana University School of Dentistry in Indianapolis.

Is David Avocado Wolfe vegan?

We had mutual friends, and after one of his health lectures in New York, a small group of us spent most of the night drinking chocolate and ruminating on the absurdity of life. I’d been vegan for more than a decade at that point , and I was drawn to the raw food diet, which Wolfe adhered to back then.