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James D. Halsell

1956 - Today

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James Donald Halsell Jr. (born September 29, 1956) is a retired United States Air Force officer, a former NASA astronaut. The veteran of five Space Shuttle missions pled guilty in 2021 to two counts of manslaughter and two counts of assault as a result of a motor vehicle accident in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James D. Halsell has received more than 133,407 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). James D. Halsell is the 512th most popular astronaut (down from 493rd in 2019), the 15,705th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,786th in 2019) and the 287th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 130k

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  • 29.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, James D. Halsell ranks 512 out of 524Before him are James M. Kelly, Jay C. Buckey, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Richard A. Searfoss, Gregory H. Johnson, and Garrett Reisman. After him are Donald A. Thomas, Evgeny Tarelkin, Terence T. Henricks, Richard Hieb, Victor J. Glover, and Kayla Barron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, James D. Halsell ranks 672Before him are Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Deborah Birx, S. Scott Bullock, Ann Curry, Ashoke Sen, and Diana Edulji. After him are Garry Birtles, Phil Ford, Damian Green, Kevin Meaney, Gerald Henderson, and David Lidington.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James D. Halsell ranks 15,705 out of 18,182Before him are Rachel Boston (1982), Kelsey Chow (1991), Carter Jenkins (1991), Brian Rafalski (1973), Cerina Vincent (1979), and Kip Winger (1961). After him are Jared Dudley (1985), Sheila Echols (1964), Billy Eichner (1978), Jon Olsen (1969), Ryan Howard (1979), and Tommy Moe (1970).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, James D. Halsell ranks 287Before him are Charles Camarda (1952), James M. Kelly (1964), Jay C. Buckey (1956), Gregory J. Harbaugh (1956), Richard A. Searfoss (1956), and Garrett Reisman (1968). After him are Donald A. Thomas (1955), Terence T. Henricks (1952), Richard Hieb (1955), Victor J. Glover (1976), Kayla Barron (1987), and Stephen S. Oswald (1951).