ASTRONAUT

Richard Hieb

1955 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Hieb is the 548th most popular astronaut (down from 537th in 2024), the 18,213th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,316th in 2019) and the 310th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Richard Hieb ranks 548 out of 556. Before him are Kevin R. Kregel, Stephen S. Oswald, James Dutton, Alexander Misurkin, Stanley G. Love, and Patricia Robertson. After him are Lawrence J. DeLucas, Joan Higginbotham, Rayyanah Barnawi, Evgeny Tarelkin, Scott D. Tingle, and Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Richard Hieb ranks 742. Before him are Allan Border, Donald A. Thomas, Pierre J. Thuot, Ann Meyers, Joey Jones, and Otis Birdsong. After him are Billy Long, Willie Miller, Jaspal Bhatti, Gwen Ifill, Vinita Bali, and Kevin Brady.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Hieb ranks 18,221 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Lundquist (1961), Joe-Max Moore (1971), Gerald Wallace (1982), Cody Kasch (1987), Mariam Ghani (1978), and Kevin Punter (1993). After him are Lawrence J. DeLucas (1950), Brady Ellison (1988), Tig Notaro (1971), Mark Pavelich (1958), Kat Bjelland (1963), and Tom Dwan (1986).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Richard Hieb ranks 310. Before him are Pierre J. Thuot (1955), Kevin R. Kregel (1956), Stephen S. Oswald (1951), James Dutton (1968), Stanley G. Love (1965), and Patricia Robertson (1963). After him are Lawrence J. DeLucas (1950), Joan Higginbotham (1964), Scott D. Tingle (1965), Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger (1975), Jack D. Fischer (1974), and Robert Satcher (1965).

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