Frederick Hauck

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Frederick Hauck
Frederick Hauck
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on January 16, 1978
( 8th NASA Group )
Calls: 3 space flights
Start of the
first space flight: 		June 18, 1983
Landing of the
last space flight: 		3rd October 1988
Time in space: 18d 3h 7min
retired on April 3, 1989
Space flights

Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck (born April 11, 1941 in Long Beach , California ) is a former American astronaut .

Hauck received a bachelor's degree in physics from Tufts University in 1962 and a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966 . With the United States Navy he was trained as a pilot and later also as a test pilot for various aircraft.

Astronaut activity

In January 1978, Hauck was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA.

STS-7

Hauck took off into space for the first time on June 18, 1983 as a pilot of the Challenger space shuttle . It was the first mission with a crew of five. During the six-day flight the satellites ANIK C-2 and PALAPA B-1 were deployed . In addition, the research platform SPAS-01 was released and recaptured for the first time with the robotic arm (RMS) . STS-7 was the first flight by an American woman ( Sally Ride ) into space.

STS-41-H

This STS-41-H mission was to be carried out on behalf of the US Department of Defense in September 1984 or deploy a TDRS satellite instead. The mission was canceled due to problems with the IUS upper level. The crew nominated were Frederick Hauck, David M. Walker , Joseph P. Allen , Anna Lee Fisher , Dale Gardner and the US Air Force payload specialists Gary Payton and Frank Casserino. Daryl Joseph was scheduled as the replacement payload specialist.

STS-51-A

On his second space mission on November 8, 1984, Hauck was the commander of the space shuttle Discovery . It was the Discovery's second flight. The flight was intended to launch two satellites and simultaneously brought two launched satellites from the STS-41-B mission back to Earth.

STS-61-F

Hauck was also scheduled as commander for the STS-61-F mission in May 1986. The Ulysses solar probe should have been deployed. However, this mission was canceled after the Challenger disaster .

STS-26

On September 29, 1988, Hauck took off again into space as commander of the Discovery. After an interruption of over two and a half years caused by the Challenger disaster, the shuttle program was resumed with this mission. In addition to conducting a large number of experiments of all kinds, the mission exposed the TDRS-3 communications satellite . The landing took place on schedule at Edwards Air Force Base .

According to NASA

After leaving NASA, Hauck joined the Navy in May 1989, where he became head of the Navy Space Systems Division . In October 1990 he switched to the management of AXA Space , the space division of the international insurance group. In April 2005 he left the company AXA Space.

Private

Frederick Hauck and his wife Susan have two children.

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Commons : Frederick Hauck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Hauck, Frederick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hauck, Frederick Hamilton (full name); Hauck, Rick (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Long Beach , California