[ Astronauts & Cosmonauts ]

Rick Douglas Husband

Born: 12 July 1957, Amarillo, Texas, United States

Nationality: American

Died: 1 February 2003 (Breakup of Columbia on STS-107)

Flights:
1 STS-96 27 May 1999 9 days, 19 hours, 13 minutes
2 STS-107 16 January 2003 15 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes

STS-107 Mission Commander Rick Husband was maried with two children. Husband was a colonel in the United States Air Force. He had a master's degree in mechanical engineering from California State University, Fresno.