Hurley Credit - www.spacefacts.de

Personal: Male. Born in Endicott, New York, USA. US Marine Corps US Marine Corps

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: NASA Group 18 - 2000. Active Entered space service: 26 July 2000.

OFFICIAL NASA BIOGRAPHY

NAME: Douglas G. Hurley, Major, USMC, Pilot

BIRTHDATE/PLACE: October 21, 1966 - Endicott, NY

RESIDENCE WHEN RECRUITED: Lexington Park, MD

EDUCATION: Owego Free Academy, Owego, NY, 1984; B.S., Civil Engineering, Tulane University, 1988; M.S., Aviation Systems, University of Tennessee Space Institute, 2000 (expected)

POSITION WHEN RECRUITED: F/A-18 Project Officer Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD

27 July 2000 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 18 selected.. The group was selected to provide pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights.. Qualifications: Pilots: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. Advanced degree desirable. At least 1,000 flight-hours of pilot-in-command time. Flight test experience desirable. Excellent health. Vision minimum 20/50 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 vision; maximum sitting blood pressure 140/90. Height between 163 and 193 cm.

Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. Seven pilots and ten mission specialists; 14 men and 3 women.