Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by William C. McCool

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Last updated on April 15, 2025.

William Cameron "Willie" McCool 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.

American - Astronaut | September 23, 1961 - February 1, 2003

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It's beyond imagination until you actually get up and see it and experience it and feel it.

William C. McCool

The colors are stunning. In a single view, I see - looking out at the edge of the earth: red at the horizon line, blending to orange and yellow, followed by a thin white line, then light blue, gradually turning to dark blue and various gradually darker shades of gray, then black and a million stars above. It's breathtaking.

William C. McCool

Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by William C. McCool

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