Frederick Hauck

  • STS -7 ( 1983)
  • STS -51 -A ( 1984)
  • STS -26 (1988 )

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

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

Astronauts activity

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

STS -7

Hauck was launched on 18 June 1983 as a pilot of the space shuttle Challenger for the first time into space. It was the first mission with a crew of five. During the six-day flight, the satellite ANIK C-2 and PALAPA B-1 were exposed. It was also the first time with the robot arm ( RMS), the research platform SPAS -01 exposed and captured again. STS -7 was the first flight of an American woman ( Sally Ride) into space.

STS 41 -H

This mission should be carried out in September 1984 on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense or instead expose a TDRS satellites. Due to problems with the IUS upper stage, the mission was canceled. As the occupying Frederick Hauck, David Walker, Joseph Allen, Anna Fisher, Dale Gardner and payload specialists of the U.S. Air Force Gary Payton and Frank Casserino were nominated. As a replacement payload specialist Daryl Joseph was provided.

STS -51 -A

On his second space mission on November 8, 1984 Hauck was the commander of the space shuttle Discovery. It was the second flight of Discovery. The flight was intended to suspension of two satellites at the same time brought two exposed satellite mission STS -41 -B back to Earth.

STS -61- F

Hauck was also provided as a commander for the mission STS -61- F in May 1986. The Ulysses solar probe should have been waived. This mission was canceled after the Challenger disaster.

STS -26

On September 29, 1988 Hauck started as commander of the Discovery again into space. After a break of about two and a half years, due to the Challenger disaster, the shuttle program was resumed with this mission. In addition to performing a variety of experiments of all kinds, the Mission of the communications satellite TDRS -3. The landing was planned in Edwards AFB, California.

According to the NASA

After retiring from NASA Hauck came in May 1989 on the Navy and became head of the Navy Space Systems Division. In October 1990 he joined the line of AXA Space, the space division of the international insurance group. In April 2005, he resigned from the company AXA Space again.

Private

Frederick Hauck and his wife Susan have two children.

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