Douglas Hurley, born October 21, 1966 in Endicott, New York, has been in space three times.
His first flight was aboard Endeavour (STS-127) as pilot to the International Space Station in July 2009. When they docked at the ISS, they set a record for the most humans in space at the same time, at thirteen.
His second flight was aboard Atlantis (STS-135) as pilot to the ISS in July 2011. It was the final flight of the Space Shuttle program.
His latest flight was aboard SpaceX's Endeavour, the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, to the ISS in May 2020. He and fellow astronaut Bob Behnken participated in Expedition 63. They returned to Earth on August 2, 2020.
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