… Americans back to space.  Frederick “Rick” H. Hauck, who served as the … astronauts trained for over a year to serve as NASA’ … for survival for the astronauts during emergencies, be it … above Discovery. | Photo Credit: NASA Tasked mainly with overcoming many …

… become an astronaut in 1977 after she saw a Nasa advertisement … she met her husband, fellow astronaut Steve Hawley. Before blast- … Ride and Robert Crippen were Rick Hauck, John Fabian and Dr … remained an astronaut until 1987, when she resigned from Nasa and …

… start of NASA. October 7, 1958 – NASA announces Project Mercury … support systems. The astronauts and NASA engineers on the … 1983 – Astronauts Robert L. Crippen and Frederick H. Hauck pilot Space … board are killed: Commander Rick Husband, pilot Willie McCool …

… born in Long Beach, California, astronaut Frederick (Rick) Hauck lived in Winchester for much … ’t. In 1978, NASA selected Hauck as an astronaut candidate. He became a … Service Medals, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the NASA Medal for Outstanding …

… commander Robert Crippen, pilot Frederick Hauck, and fellow mission specialists … Ride also was the youngest astronaut. Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS- … be a part of NASA’s 1978 astronaut class. She had … middle and Norm Thagard and Rick Hauck are in the rear. …

… June 26. Credit: NASA Showcasing NASA’s new Earth Information … Utah desert in late September. Astronauts of the STS-7… Robert L. Crippen (commander), Frederick H. Hauck (pilot); rear row: John … female astronaut into space on June 18, 1983. Credit: NASA 40 …

… era of the 1978 astronaut class. Certainly, NASA had diversified somewhat from … individual images of the 1978 astronaut class at NASA. From left to right … . David Griggs, Terry J. Hart, Frederick H. (Rick) Hauck, Steven A. Hawley, Jeffrey A …

… follows the exploits of NASA's Astronaut class of 1978 — … choice for families. Single astronauts like Sally Ride, Kathy … , except the blond, mustachioed Rick Hauck, a US Navy commander who … of Astronaut Group 7, who had been transferred to NASA after …

… start of NASA. October 7, 1958 – NASA announces Project Mercury … support systems. The astronauts and NASA engineers on the … 1983 – Astronauts Robert L. Crippen and Frederick H. Hauck pilot Space … board are killed: Commander Rick Husband, pilot Willie McCool …

WINTER HARBOR — For Rick Hauck, the sky was not … He became an astronaut candidate in 1978 after NASA announced it was … confidence that he and other astronauts had. The pyrotechnics used … Challenger tragedy, Hauck recalls his time as an astronaut fondly. “It …