# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-h-truly
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:26:56.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-h-truly"
name: "Richard H. Truly"
slug: "richard-h-truly"
description: "Richard Harrison Truly was an American fighter pilot, engineer and Space Shuttle astronaut who served as a vice admiral in the United States Navy and as the eighth administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1989 to 1992. He was the first former astronaut to head the space agency."
tagline: "American astronaut and NASA administrator (1937–2024)"
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category:
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birthDate: "1937-11-12"
deathDate: "2024-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump