Richard H. Truly

Richard H. Truly
Richard H. Truly
Richard H. Truly
Astronaut
TillståndTagit avsked
Född12 november 1937
USA Fayette, Mississippi, USA
Död27 februari 2024 (86 år)
Genesee i Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
UrvalsgruppAstronautgrupp 7
UppdragSTS‑2, STS‑8
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Richard Harrison Truly, född 12 november 1937 i Fayette, Mississippi, död 27 februari 2024 i Genesee i Jefferson County, Colorado,[1][2] var en amerikansk astronaut, tillika stridspilot, uttagen i astronautgrupp 7 den 14 augusti 1969. Han var chef för NASA 1989–1992.[3]

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  1. ^ Richard Truly, shuttle astronaut and NASA administrator, dies at 86 (engelska)
  2. ^ https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-honors-life-of-former-administrator-astronaut-richard-truly/ (engelska)
  3. ^ Richard H. Truly. NASA. Läst 15 februari 2013.


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April 29, 1983

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS

STS-8 INSIGNIA --- The night launch of Challenger heading toward its third earth-orbital mission is featured in the official insignia for

STS-8. The eighth flight of the United States Space Transportation System is represented by eight stars of the constellation Aquila, "The Eagle," Astronauts Richard H. Truly, commander; Daniel C. Brandenstein, pilot; Dale A. Gardner, Guion S. Bluford, and William E. Thornton--all mission specialists--have their sumames on the border of the insignia.
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Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly served as NASA Administrator from May 14, 1989 to March 31, 1992. Prior to becoming Administrator, Adm. Truly served as NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Flight. In this position, he led the painstaking rebuilding of the Space Shuttle program after the Challenger accident.

Adm. Truly's career began in the Navy and in 1965 he became one of the first military astronauts selected to the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program in Los Angeles, California. He transferred to NASA as an astronaut in August 1969 then served as capsule communicator for all three Skylab missions in 1973 and the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975.

He was pilot for the 747/Space Shuttle Enterprise approach and landing test flights during 1977, and his first space flight was November 12-14, 1981, as pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-2).

After leaving NASA, Adm. Truly became Vice President and Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta.
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Mission patch for STS-2 Space Shuttle mission