Frederick W. Sturckow

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 06 — Commander · Success · January 26, 2024 · 17:42 UTC
• SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 04 — Pilot · Success · October 6, 2023 · 16:10 UTC
• SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 02 — Commander · Success · August 10, 2023 · 15:17 UTC
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 25 — Pilot · Success · May 25, 2023 · 16:23 UTC
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 24 — Pilot · Success · April 26, 2023 · 13:47 UTC
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VF-03 — Pilot · Success · May 22, 2021
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VF-02 — Pilot · Partial Failure · December 12, 2020
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF08 — Pilot · Success · May 1, 2020
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VP-03 — Pilot · Success · December 13, 2018
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF06 — Pilot · Success · August 4, 2017
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity CF01 — Pilot · Success · June 1, 2017
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF03 — Pilot · Success · February 24, 2017
• SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF30 — Pilot · Success · October 7, 2014
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-128 — Commander · Success · August 29, 2009 · 03:59 UTC
• Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-117 — Commander · Success · June 8, 2007
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-105 — Pilot · Success · August 10, 2001
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-88 — Pilot · Success · December 4, 1998