Rick Searfoss Biography

Rick Searfoss has piloted two Space Shuttle missions and commanded a third with over 939 hours in space and 5400 hours flying time in 61 different types of aircraft. Rick’s first space flight in 1993 set the record for the longest duration Space Shuttle mission. In 1996 he piloted Atlantis to the Russian space station Mir. With the STS-90 Neurolab mission on Columbia in 1998 Rick commanded the most complex scientific research space mission ever flown with unparalleled mission success. Rick has over twenty-five years experience as a leader in some of the most demanding team endeavors possible on human space flight test flying and tactical military aviation. Rick was the number one graduate in his United States Air Force Academy class overall academically in engineering and in the Aeronautical Engineering major. He later earned a graduate degree from the California Institute of Technology on a National Science Foundation Fellowship.His many awards include F-111 Instructor Pilot of the Year Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory Excellence in Turbine Engine Design Award Distinguished Flying Cross Defense Superior Service Medal and NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal.

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