Richard N. Richards Astronaut

Richard Noel "Dick" Richards (born August 24, 1946), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is an 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.

Personal facts

Richard N. Richards
Birth dateAugust 24, 1946
Birth place
Key West , Florida
Nationality
United States

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Astronaut

missions
STS-28
STS-41
STS-64
STS-50
selection
List of astronauts by year of selection
statusRetired
Time in space33 days 21 hours 29 minutes

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Richard N. Richards on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/richards.html