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Richard N. Richards

Retired· NASA · American

Richard N. Richards

Richard Noel "Dick" Richards is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, chemical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard four...

Spaceflights

4

Time in space

33days

Spacewalks

0

Flights

Success· Flight 4

STS-64

Launched: Sep 9, 1994 · 22:22 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Sep 20, 1994

Crewmates

Lloyd HammondNASA
Jerry M. LinengerNASA
Carl J. MeadeNASA
Mark C. LeeNASA
Susan HelmsNASA

Success· Flight 3

STS-50

Launched: Jun 25, 1992 · 16:12 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Jul 9, 1992

Crewmates

Ken BowersoxNASA
Eugene H. TrinhNASA
Lawrence J. DeLucasNASA
Carl J. MeadeNASA
Ellen S. BakerNASA
Bonnie J. DunbarNASA

Success· Flight 2

STS-41

Launched: Oct 6, 1990 · 11:47 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Oct 10, 1990

Crewmates

Robert D. CabanaNASA
Bruce E. MelnickNASA
Thomas AkersNASA
William ShepherdNASA

Success· Flight 1

STS-28

Launched: Aug 8, 1989 · 12:37 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Aug 13, 1989

Crewmates

Brewster H. ShawNASA
James C. AdamsonNASA
Mark N. BrownNASA
David LeestmaNASA

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Biography

Richard Noel "Dick" Richards is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, chemical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s.

Facts

Agency: NASA
Status: Retired
Nationality: American
Born: August 24, 1946
First flight: Aug 8, 1989

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