ASTRONAUT

Frederick W. Sturckow

1961 - Today

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Frederick Wilford "Rick" Sturckow (born August 11, 1961) is an engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot. Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. He flew as a pilot on STS-88 and STS-105 and as a commander on STS-117 and STS-128. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick W. Sturckow has received more than 163,422 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Frederick W. Sturckow is the 476th most popular astronaut (up from 497th in 2019), the 15,579th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,190th in 2019) and the 258th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 160k

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  • 43.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Frederick W. Sturckow ranks 476 out of 556. Before him are Robert L. Behnken, Patrick G. Forrester, Rex J. Walheim, Dafydd Williams, Mark N. Brown, and Terry Hart. After him are Michael Foreman, Victor J. Glover, Charles E. Brady Jr., James M. Kelly, Kjell N. Lindgren, and Sergey Ryzhikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Frederick W. Sturckow ranks 772. Before him are Akimasa Nakamura, Bice Vanzetta, José Francisco Calí Tzay, Abdelhamid Sadmi, Stephen Hough, and Suhasini Maniratnam. After him are Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, Dan Frost, Kokichi Kimura, Ronald J. Garan Jr., Robert J. Lang, and Salahdine Hmied.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederick W. Sturckow ranks 15,579 out of 20,380. Before him are Marc Cohn (1959), Michael Almereyda (1959), Aloe Blacc (1979), Tim McCord (1979), Antonio Margarito (1978), and Alanna Ubach (1975). After him are Christopher Tin (1976), Lisa Wilcox (1964), Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (1961), Michael Foreman (1957), Joaquin Miller (1837), and Albert Hammond Jr. (1980).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Frederick W. Sturckow ranks 258. Before him are Terry W. Virts (1967), Robert L. Behnken (1970), Patrick G. Forrester (1957), Rex J. Walheim (1962), Mark N. Brown (1951), and Terry Hart (1946). After him are Michael Foreman (1957), Victor J. Glover (1976), Charles E. Brady Jr. (1951), James M. Kelly (1964), Ronald J. Garan Jr. (1961), and Thomas Marshburn (1960).

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