Flight record
2 flights on padside's record, flying from 1981 to 1983.
2Flights
8d 7hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Richard Harrison Truly is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, a former fighter pilot, former astronaut for both the United States Air Force and NASA, and was the eighth Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1989 to 1992. He was the first former astronaut to head the space agency. After his departure from NASA, he led the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1992 to 1997, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory from 1997 to 2005.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Fayette
- Education
- U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; Georgia Tech
- Awards
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Eagle Scout Award; Distinguished Flying Cross; Legionnaire of Legion of Merit; NASA Exceptional Service Medal; and 2 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-8August 30, 1983
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-2November 12, 1981
Born 1937-11-12 · died 2024-02-27, aged 86