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Rick Husband

1957 - 2003

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Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: as pilot of STS-96 and commander of STS-107. Husband and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rick Husband has received more than 1,056,237 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Rick Husband is the 140th most popular astronaut (up from 149th in 2019), the 5,784th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,754th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Astronaut.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Rick Husband ranks 140 out of 524. Before him are Anna Lee Fisher, Mae Jemison, Gennady Sarafanov, Barbara Morgan, Vitaly Zholobov, and Anatoly Levchenko. After him are William Shepherd, Peggy Whitson, Vance D. Brand, Ronald McNair, Michael R. Clifford, and Roberta Bondar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Rick Husband ranks 196. Before him are Jackie Shroff, Theresa Russell, Zé Sérgio, Salim Idris, Andreï Makine, and Andrew Cuomo. After him are Alexander Dityatin, Ray Romano, Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, José Coronado, Bruce Grobbelaar, and Cameron Crowe. Among people deceased in 2003, Rick Husband ranks 196. Before him are Wolfgang Larrazábal, Walter Sisulu, Berta Ambrož, Fadwa Tuqan, Yuriy Voynov, and Walter J. Ong. After him are Félix Loustau, Herma Bauma, Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Daishiro Yoshimura, Herbie Mann, and Lana Clarkson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rick Husband ranks 5,784 out of 18,182. Before him are Eugene V. Debs (1855), John Abercrombie (1944), Melissa Rauch (1980), Jerry Weintraub (1937), Olivia Wilde (1984), and Jenny Shimizu (1967). After him are Thomas Ian Griffith (1962), Carol Channing (1921), Nicholas Gonzalez (1976), Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), Florence Lee (1888), and Otto Warmbier (1994).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Rick Husband ranks 50. Before him are William R. Pogue (1930), Rusty Schweickart (1935), Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Mae Jemison (1956), and Barbara Morgan (1951). After him are William Shepherd (1949), Peggy Whitson (1960), Vance D. Brand (1931), Ronald McNair (1950), Michael R. Clifford (1952), and David M. Brown (1956).

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