Richard Hieb | |
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.jpg) NASA portrait, 1992 | |
| Born | Richard James Hieb September 21, 1955 Jamestown, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Education | Northwest Nazarene University (BS) University of Colorado, Boulder (MS) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 31d 22h 34m |
| Selection | NASA Group 11 (1985) |
| Missions | STS-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.