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Frederick W. Sturckow

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American astronaut

United StatesBorn 1961 · age 65
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Frederick Wilford "Rick" Sturckow is an engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot.

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Photos 6

View of Astronaut Rick Sturckow, STS-117 Commander, giving the thumbs up while wearing a Marine Corps hatView of Astronaut Rick Sturckow, STS-117 Commander, giving the thumbs up while wearing a Marine Corps hatSTS-88 Pilot Rick Sturckow poses for a photo on the aft flight deck with the International Space Station (ISS) stack reflected in the overhead windows.STS-88 Pilot Rick Sturckow poses for a photo on the aft flight deck with the International Space Station (ISS) stack reflected in the overhead windows.

Awards 2

2010NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Air Medal

About this person

Frederick Wilford "Rick" Sturckow is an engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot. Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions and six Virgin Galactic suborbital space flights, earning him record of being launched into space more than any other human, as of November 2025. He flew as a pilot on STS-88 and STS-105 and as a commander on STS-117 and STS-128. All four missions docked with the International Space Station, making Sturckow one of three American astronauts to visit the station four times. Sturckow later was assigned to the Johnson Space Center as a CAPCOM. He left NASA in 2013 to become a pilot for Virgin Galactic.

Country
United States
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Dates
Born 1961 · age 65
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21 languages

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