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Richard Hieb

Retired· NASA · American

Richard Hieb

Richard James Hieb is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49, and was a...

Spaceflights

3

Time in space

32days

Spacewalks

3

Spacewalking

15 h 55 m

in total

Spacewalks

Bars drawn to scale, 0 to 10 hours

STS-49 EVA 2
May 10, 1992
3 h 43 m
STS-49 EVA 1
May 10, 1992
3 h 43 m
STS-49 EVA 3
May 13, 1992
8 h 29 m

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Flights

Success· Flight 3

STS-65

Launched: Jul 8, 1994 · 16:43 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Jul 23, 1994

Crewmates

Robert D. CabanaNASA
James HalsellNASA
Chiaki MukaiJAXA
Carl E. WalzNASA
Donald A. ThomasNASA
Leroy ChiaoNASA

Success· Flight 2

STS-49

Launched: May 7, 1992 · 23:40 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: May 16, 1992

Crewmates

Daniel BrandensteinNASA
Kevin P. ChiltonNASA
Bruce E. MelnickNASA
Pierre J. ThuotNASA
Kathryn C. ThorntonNASA
Thomas AkersNASA

Success· Flight 1

STS-39

Launched: Apr 28, 1991 · 11:33 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: May 6, 1991

Crewmates

Michael CoatsNASA
Lloyd HammondNASA
Charles L. VeachNASA
Donald R. McMonagleNASA
Gregory HarbaughNASA
Guion BlufordNASA

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Biography

Richard James Hieb is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49, and was a payload commander on STS-65.

Facts

Agency: NASA
Status: Retired
Nationality: American
Born: September 21, 1955
First flight: Apr 28, 1991

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