Richard Hieb

Richard Hieb
NASA portrait, 1992
Born
Richard James Hieb

(1955-09-21) September 21, 1955 (age 69)
EducationNorthwest Nazarene University (BS)
University of Colorado, Boulder (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space
31d 22h 34m
SelectionNASA Group 11 (1985)
MissionsSTS-39
STS-49
STS-65
Mission insignia

Richard James Hieb (born September 21, 1955 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49, and was a payload commander on STS-65. After leaving NASA he worked at AlliedSignal and Orbital before spending 14 years as an executive at Lockheed Martin. He is currently a faculty member in the University of Colorado Boulder Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department.