Richard N. Richards
American - ( NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Aug. 24, 1946
Age: 74
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.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-28
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 8, 1989, 12:37 p.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 6, 1990, 11:47 a.m.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-50
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 25, 1992, 4:12 p.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-64
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 9, 1994, 10:22 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Earth Science
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
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.
New Shepard
NS-15
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, USAFifteenth flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket. During the mission, astronaut operational exercises will be conducted in preparation for hum…
Soyuz 2.1a
Soyuz MS-18
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanSoyuz MS-18 begins expedition 65 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei to the International …
Long March 4B
Long March 4B
Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaFalcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 23
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 4C
Gaofen-12-02
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaGaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a …
