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Who was the first active-duty soldier to go into space?

Retry Correct Incorrect Engineer and astronaut Douglas Wheelock has flown into space twice and has stayed at the International Space Station for 178 days. Wheelock graduated as a cadet at West Point and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army’s Infantry Branch. After graduating at the top of his flight class he became an Army Aviator.

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Who was the first active-duty soldier to go into space?

• James C. Adamson
• Douglas Wheelock
• Gene Cernan
• Buzz Aldrin