ASTRONAUT

Douglas G. Hurley

1966 - Today

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Douglas Gerald Hurley (born October 21, 1966) is an American engineer, former Marine Corps pilot, and former NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle missions STS-127 (July 2009) and STS-135 (July 2011), the final flight of the Space Shuttle program. He launched into space for the third time as commander of Crew Dragon Demo-2, the first crewed spaceflight from American soil since STS-135 and became, together with Bob Behnken, the first astronaut in history launching aboard a commercial orbital spacecraft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Douglas G. Hurley has received more than 345,902 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Douglas G. Hurley is the 353rd most popular astronaut (down from 318th in 2019), the 12,850th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,733rd in 2019) and the 167th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Douglas G. Hurley ranks 353 out of 556. Before him are Mary Ellen Weber, Scott Altman, Don L. Lind, Maurizio Cheli, Kathryn P. Hire, and Evgeny Tarelkin. After him are Andrei Borisenko, Leroy Chiao, Jean-François Clervoy, James Buchli, Lisa Nowak, and Linda M. Godwin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Douglas G. Hurley ranks 511. Before him are Lyubov Yegorova, Anne Fletcher, Yumi Tōma, Wang Xiaoshuai, Patrick Volkerding, and Ashley Laurence. After him are Cédric Kahn, Valeri Kamensky, Teresa Forcades, Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh, Robert Seethaler, and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas G. Hurley ranks 12,850 out of 20,380. Before him are Kerry Kennedy (1959), Leonard Frey (1938), KaDee Strickland (1975), Albert Hackett (1900), Ontronik Khachaturian (1975), and Roger Wicker (1951). After him are Amy Hill (1953), Kathrine Narducci (1965), Otis Bowen (1918), Tim Sweeney (1970), William Ellery (1727), and Tom Tully (1908).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Douglas G. Hurley ranks 167. Before him are Stephen Robinson (1955), David Wolf (1956), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), Scott Altman (1959), Don L. Lind (1930), and Kathryn P. Hire (1959). After him are Leroy Chiao (1960), James Buchli (1945), Lisa Nowak (1963), Linda M. Godwin (1952), Richard Mastracchio (1960), and Kathryn C. Thornton (1952).

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