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Frederick W. Sturckow

Frederick W. Sturckow

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Flight record

17 flights on padside's record, flying from 1998 to 2024.

17Flights
51d 11hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks

Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.

Biography

Frederick Wilford "Rick" Sturckow is an Engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot. Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. He flew on STS-88 and STS-105 as a pilot and STS-117 and STS-128 as a commander. All four missions docked with the International Space Station, making Sturckow one of two people to visit the station four times. Sturckow later was assigned to the Johnson Space Center as a CAPCOM. He left NASA in 2013 to become a pilot for Virgin Galactic.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Background

Born in
La Mesa
Education
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; California Polytechnic State University; United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program; Grossmont High School
Awards
NASA Distinguished Service Medal; Air Medal

From Wikidata.

Flights

Born 1961-08-11 · age 65