Frederick W. Sturckow

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

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.

• SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 06Commander · SuccessJanuary 26, 2024 · 17:42 UTC
• SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 04Pilot · SuccessOctober 6, 2023 · 16:10 UTC
• SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 02Commander · SuccessAugust 10, 2023 · 15:17 UTC
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 25Pilot · SuccessMay 25, 2023 · 16:23 UTC
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 24Pilot · SuccessApril 26, 2023 · 13:47 UTC
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VF-03Pilot · SuccessMay 22, 2021
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VF-02Pilot · Partial FailureDecember 12, 2020
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF08Pilot · SuccessMay 1, 2020
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VP-03Pilot · SuccessDecember 13, 2018
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF06Pilot · SuccessAugust 4, 2017
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity CF01Pilot · SuccessJune 1, 2017
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF03Pilot · SuccessFebruary 24, 2017
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF30Pilot · SuccessOctober 7, 2014
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-128Commander · SuccessAugust 29, 2009 · 03:59 UTC
• Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-117Commander · SuccessJune 8, 2007
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-105Pilot · SuccessAugust 10, 2001
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-88Pilot · SuccessDecember 4, 1998