Wilmore Credit - www.spacefacts.de

Personal: Male. Born in Murfreesboro, Tennesse, USA. US Navy US Navy

Astronaut Career

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

OFFICIAL NASA BIOGRAPHY

NAME: Barry E. Wilmore, Lieutenant Commander, USN, Pilot

BIRTHDATE/PLACE: December 29, 1962 - Murfreesboro, TN

RESIDENCE WHEN RECRUITED: Edwards, CA

EDUCATION: Mt. Juliet High School, Mt. Juliet, TN, 1981; B.S. Electrical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, 1985; M.S., Electrical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, 1994; M.S., Aviation Systems, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1994.

POSITION WHEN RECRUITED: Test Pilot/Instructor U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Edwards AFB, CA

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.

• NASA Astronaut Biographies, Johnson Space Center, NASA, 1995-present. Accessed at: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/.