Richard R. Arnold
American - (NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Nov. 26, 1963
Age: 60
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.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-119
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 15, 2009, 11:43 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6), and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to the station.
Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-08
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 21, 2018, 5:44 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
Soyuz MS-08 begins expedition 55 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel and Richard Arnold to the International Space Station. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.
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.
Long March 3B/YZ-1
2 x Beidou-3 MEO
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThese two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.
Falcon 9
Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USATwo satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Originally planned for launch on Soyuz-ST and then Ariane 6 but both were unavailable. Gali…
Angara 1.2
Kosmos 2577 & 2578
35/1 - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation2 Russian military satellites of unknown identities.
Qaem 100
Chamran-1
Launch Platform - Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of IranIranian technological demonstration satellite to test out a propulsion system, with mass of 60 kg.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 9-6
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
