Richard N. Richards

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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.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Key West

Education

University of Missouri; University of West Florida; United States Naval Test Pilot School

Awards

NASA Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross

From Wikidata.

• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-64Commander · Success · with Carl J. Meade, Jerry M. Linenger, Lloyd Hammond, Mark C. Lee, Susan HelmsSeptember 9, 1994 · 22:22 UTC
• Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-50Commander · Success · with Bonnie J. Dunbar, Carl J. Meade, Ellen S. Baker, Eugene H. Trinh, Ken Bowersox, Lawrence J. DeLucasJune 25, 1992
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41Commander · Success · with Bruce E. Melnick, Robert D. Cabana, Thomas Akers, William ShepherdOctober 6, 1990
• Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-28Pilot · Success · with Brewster H. Shaw, David Leestma, James C. Adamson, Mark N. BrownAugust 8, 1989