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Richard R. Arnold

Retired· NASA · American

Richard R. Arnold

Richard Robert "Ricky" Arnold II is an American educator and a NASA astronaut. He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-119, which launched March 15, 2009 and...

Spaceflights

2

Time in space

209days

Spacewalks

5

Spacewalking

32 h 04 m

in total

Spacewalks

Bars drawn to scale, 0 to 8 hours

STS-119 EVA 1
Mar 19, 2009
6 h 07 m
STS-119 EVA 3
Mar 23, 2009
6 h 27 m
Expedition 55 EVA 1
Mar 29, 2018
6 h 10 m
Expedition 55 EVA 2
May 16, 2018
6 h 31 m
Expedition 56 EVA 1
Jun 14, 2018
6 h 49 m

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Flights

Success· Flight 2

Soyuz MS-08

Launched: Mar 21, 2018 · 17:44 UTC
Rocket: Soyuz FG
From: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Destination: International Space Station
Landed: Oct 4, 2018

Crewmates

Oleg ArtemyevRoscosmos
Andrew J. FeustelNASA

Success· Flight 1

STS-119

Launched: Mar 15, 2009 · 23:43 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: International Space Station
Landed: Mar 28, 2009

Crewmates

Lee ArchambaultNASA
Dominic A. AntonelliNASA
John L. PhillipsNASA
Joseph M. AcabaNASA
Steven SwansonNASA
Koichi WakataJAXA

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Biography

Richard Robert "Ricky" Arnold II is an American educator and a NASA astronaut. He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-119, which launched March 15, 2009 and delivered the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station. He launched again in 2018 to the ISS, onboard Soyuz MS-08.

Facts

Agency: NASA
Status: Retired
Nationality: American
Born: November 26, 1963
First flight: Mar 15, 2009

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