Michael Richard Uram "Rich" Clifford is a former United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. Clifford is considered a Master Army Aviator and has logged over 3,400 hours flying in a wide variety of fixed and rotary winged aircraft. Clifford retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of lieutenant colonel. He has logged over 12 hours of spacewalk time over three Space Shuttle missions. He is also one of the first people to conduct a spacewalk while docked to an orbiting space station. The spacewalk was conducted during STS-76, while docked at the Russian space station Mir.

Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-53

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 2, 1992, 1:24 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-53 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission in support of the United States Department of Defense. The mission was launched on 2 December 1992 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-59

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 9, 1994, 11:05 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-59 Shuttle mission was a Space Shuttle program mission that took place in 1994. The launch was chronicled by the 1994 Discovery Channel special about the Space Shuttle Program.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-76

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 22, 1996, 8:13 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-76 was NASA's 76th Space Shuttle mission, and the 16th mission for Atlantis. STS-76 launched on 22 March 1996 at 3:13 am EST (UTC −5) from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39B. STS-76 lasted over 9 days, traveled about 3,800,000 miles (6,100,000 km) while orbiting Earth an estimated 145 times, and landing at 5:28 am PST (UTC −8) on 31 March 1996 at Edwards Air Force Base runway 22.

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