Richard N. Richards

American - (NASA)

Retired

Date of Birth: Aug. 24, 1946
Age: 78

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.

Spaceflight Record

Richard N. Richards flew on four previous launch(es).

Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-28

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 8, 1989, 12:37 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-28 was the thirtieth space shuttle mission, the fourth dedicated to the Department of Defence and the eigth of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Low Earth Orbit

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 6, 1990, 11:47 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-41 was the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission with a primary objective the launch the Ulysses probe as part of the International Solar Polar Mission.

Low Earth Orbit

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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-50

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 25, 1992, 4:12 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-50 (U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1) was a United States Space Shuttle mission, the 12th mission of the Columbia orbiter.

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-64

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 9, 1994, 10:22 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-64 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission that was set to perform multiple experiment packages. STS-64 was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 9 September 1994, and landed back on 20 September 1994 at Edwards Air Force Base.

Low Earth Orbit

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Acting Administrator: James Free

The 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.

Recent Launches

Soyuz 2.1a

Success

1 day, 9 hours ago

Progress MS-30 (91P)

31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Long March 2

Success

2 days ago

SuperView Neo 1-03 & 04

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Commercial Earth observation satellites (~540 kg each) built by CAST for China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. Ltd., with resolution down to …

Falcon 9

Success

2 days, 3 hours ago

Starlink Group 12-13

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

2 days, 6 hours ago

Nova-C IM-2 & Others

Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

This is the second mission of Nova-C lunar lander developed and built by Intuitive Machines. This time it carries a NASA payload called PRIME-1 (Pola…

New Shepard

Success

3 days, 15 hours ago

NS-30

West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA

NS-30 is the 10th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 30th in its history.