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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 1,169,332 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Rick Husband is the 203rd most popular astronaut (down from 140th in 2019), the 7,628th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,772nd in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 53.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Rick Husband ranks 203 out of 556. Before him are Jim Wetherbee, Paolo Nespoli, Dale Gardner, Pedro Duque, Michael J. Adams, and Yi So-yeon. After him are Henry Hartsfield, Yuri Baturin, Valery Korzun, Yelena Kondakova, Charles Bassett, and Catherine Coleman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Rick Husband ranks 318. Before him are Gérald Lacroix, Dimple Kapadia, Abdul Hafiz Ghoga, Masae Suzuki, Kausea Natano, and Ricardo Montaner. After him are Elżbieta Witek, Daniela Dessì, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, Chico Serra, Andris Piebalgs, and Sainkho Namtchylak. Among people deceased in 2003, Rick Husband ranks 258. Before him are Buddy Hackett, Yun Hyon-seok, Felix Kaspar, Noronha, Pierre Graber, and Donald Nicol. After him are Jonathan Brandis, Elliott Smith, Arne Månsson, Joseph Saidu Momoh, Warren Zevon, and Melitta Brunner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rick Husband ranks 7,628 out of 20,380. Before him are Russell Westbrook (1988), Niger at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Judo (null), Giuseppe Enrici (1896), Julia Ward Howe (1819), Tony Carey (1953), and William Clothier (1881). After him are Bill Smitrovich (1947), Michael Rapaport (1970), Frank Hussey (1905), Bella Abzug (1920), Frank Lubin (1910), and Richard Rush (1929).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Rick Husband ranks 78. Before him are C. Gordon Fullerton (1936), Robert Crippen (1937), Barbara Morgan (1951), Jim Wetherbee (1952), Dale Gardner (1948), and Michael J. Adams (1930). After him are Henry Hartsfield (1933), Charles Bassett (1931), Catherine Coleman (1960), Joseph P. Kerwin (1932), Story Musgrave (1935), and Laurel Clark (1961).

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