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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Hieb has received more than 49,299 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Hieb is the 516th most popular astronaut (down from 502nd in 2019), the 15,828th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,929th in 2019) and the 290th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 49k

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  • 28.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Richard Hieb ranks 516 out of 524. Before him are Gregory H. Johnson, Garrett Reisman, James D. Halsell, Donald A. Thomas, Evgeny Tarelkin, and Terence T. Henricks. After him are Victor J. Glover, Kayla Barron, Stephen S. Oswald, Scott E. Parazynski, Jack D. Fischer, and Pierre J. Thuot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Richard Hieb ranks 631. Before him are Heidi Heitkamp, Otis Birdsong, Sanal Edamaruku, Donald A. Thomas, Lorraine Moller, and Brian Schweitzer. After him are Ernie Grunfeld, Joey Jones, Rita Bhaduri, Pierre J. Thuot, Charles D. Gemar, and John H. Cox.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Hieb ranks 15,828 out of 18,182. Before him are Amy Davidson (1979), Jeezy (1977), Malcolm Brogdon (1992), David Taylor (1990), Loren Bouchard (1969), and Kikkan Randall (1982). After him are Samuel (2002), Victor J. Glover (1976), Mick Mulvaney (1967), Sandi Morris (1992), India Arie (1975), and Miranda Lambert (1983).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Richard Hieb ranks 290. Before him are Gregory J. Harbaugh (1956), Richard A. Searfoss (1956), Garrett Reisman (1968), James D. Halsell (1956), Donald A. Thomas (1955), and Terence T. Henricks (1952). After him are Victor J. Glover (1976), Kayla Barron (1987), Stephen S. Oswald (1951), Scott E. Parazynski (1961), Jack D. Fischer (1974), and Pierre J. Thuot (1955).

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