Frederick "Rick" Hauck
American - (NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: April 11, 1941
Age: 83
Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck is a retired Captain in the United States Navy, a former fighter pilot and NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle mission STS-7 and commanded STS-51-A and STS-26.
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-7
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 18, 1983, 11:33 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-7 was the second mission for the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed several satellites into orbit. It was the first mission scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center however it had to divert to Edwards Air Force Base due to bad weather. STS-7 carried Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut.
Low Earth OrbitSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-A
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 8, 1984, 12:15 p.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-26
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 29, 1988, 3:37 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-26 was the twenty-sixth space shuttle mission and the seventh flight of the orbiter Discovery. It was the return to flight mission after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It was the first to have all of its crew members wear pressure suits for launch and landing since STS-4 and the first mission with bailout capability since STS-4. It was also the first all-veteran crew mission since Apollo-11 with all of its crew having flown at least on prior mission.
Low Earth OrbitThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-77
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Electron
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandLaunch of a yet to identified satellite to SSO for an undisclosed customer. The customer is suspected to be Low Earth Orbit communication satellite c…
Falcon 9
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commer…
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Ionosfera-M 1 & 2
Cosmodrome Site 1S - Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian FederationIonosfera is a constellation of four ionospheric and magnetospheric research satellites developed by for Roscosmos for the project Ionozond. The s…
H3-22
DSN 3 (Kirameki 3)
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 - Tanegashima Space Center, JapanDSN 3, also known as Kirameki 3, is a geostationary communications satellite to be used for military communications by the Japanese military.
