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Rick Husband
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![]() January 1999 portrait
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Born |
Rick Douglas Husband
July 12, 1957 Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
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Died | February 1, 2003 Over Texas
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(aged 45)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Texas Tech, B.S. 1980 Fresno State University, M.S. 1990 |
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Space career | |
NASA Astronaut | |
Previous occupation
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Test pilot |
Rank | Colonel, United States Air Force |
Time in space
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25d 17h 33m |
Selection | 1994 NASA Group 15 |
Missions | STS-96, STS-107 |
Mission insignia
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Rick Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) (Colonel, USAF) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: as Pilot of STS-96 and Commander of STS-107. He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
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