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| Keywords: Richard A. Searfoss DVIDS715557.jpg en Richard A Searfoss became a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards Calif in July 2001 He brought to Dryden more than 5 000 hours of military flying time and 939 hours in space Searfoss served in the U S Air Force for more than 20 years retiring with the rank of colonel Following graduation in 1980 from Undergraduate Pilot Training at Williams Air Force Base Ariz Searfoss flew F-111s at RAF Lakenheath England and Mountain Home Air Force Base Idaho In 1988 he attended the U S Naval Test Pilot School Patuxent River Md as a U S Air Force exchange officer He was an instructor pilot at the U S Air Force Test Pilot School Edwards Air Force Base Calif when selected for the astronaut program in January 1990 Searfoss became an astronaut in July 1991 A veteran of three space flights Searfoss has logged 39 days in space He served as STS-58 pilot on the seven-person life science research mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Fla on Oct 18 1993 and landing at Edwards Air Force Base Calif on Nov 1 1993 The crew performed a number of medical experiments on themselves and 48 rats expanding knowledge of human and animal physiology Searfoss flew his second mission as pilot of STS-76 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis During this nine-day mission which launched March 22 1996 the crew preformed the third docking of an American spacecraft with the Russian space station Mir The crew transported to Mir nearly two tons of water food supplies and scientific equipment as well as U S Astronaut Shannon Lucid to begin her six-month stay in space Completing 145 orbits STS-76 landed at Edwards Air Force Base Calif on March 31 1996 Searfoss commanded a seven-person crew on the STS-90 Neurolab mission launched on April 17 1998 The crew served as both experiment subjects and operators for life science experiments focusing on the effects of microgravity on the brain and nervous system STS-90 was the last and most complex of the 25 Spacelab missions Completed in 256 orbits STS-90 landed at Kennedy Space Center Fla on May 3 1998 Searfoss is a 1978 graduate of the U S Air Force Academy with a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering He earned a master of science degree in aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology on a National Science Foundation Fellowship in 1979 He holds FAA Airline Transport Pilot glider and flight instructor ratings NASA Identifier NIX_EC01-0222-2 2009-12-10 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/715557 715557 2012-10-10 17 54 WASHINGTON DC US PD-USGov People associated with Edwards Air Force Base Mountain Home Air Force Base Williams Air Force Base RAF Lakenheath Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ | ||||
