Richard A. Searfoss
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
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June 5, 1956 Mount Clemens, Michigan, U.S. |
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Other names
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Richard Alan Searfoss |
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Other occupation
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Test pilot |
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USAFA, B.S. 1978 Caltech, M.S. 1979 |
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| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
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Time in space
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39d 03h 18m |
| Selection | 1990 NASA Group 13 |
| Missions | STS-58, STS-76, STS-90 |
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Mission insignia
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Richard Alan Searfoss (born June 5, 1956) is a retired United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot.
Searfoss was born on June 5, 1956, in Mount Clemens, Michigan, but considers Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to be his hometown. Growing up, he became an Eagle Scout.
After graduating from Portsmouth Senior High School, Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1974, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1978, and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology on a National Science Foundation Fellowship in 1979. In the Air Force, he attended Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College.
Searfoss graduated in 1980 from Undergraduate Pilot Training at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona. From 1981-1984, he flew the F-111F operationally at RAF Lakenheath, England, followed by a tour at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, where he was an F-111A instructor pilot and weapons officer until 1987. In 1988 he attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, Patuxent River, Maryland, as a USAF exchange officer. He was a flight instructor at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, when selected for the astronaut program.
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