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Richard Covey

Richard O. Covey
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NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Retired
Born (1946-08-01) August 1, 1946 (age 70)
Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.
Other names
Richard Oswalt Covey
Other occupation
Fighter pilot, test pilot
USAFA, B.S. 1968
Purdue University, M.S. 1969
Rank Colonel, USAF
Time in space
26d 21h 09m
Selection 1978 NASA Group 8
Missions STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61
Mission insignia
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Retirement August 1, 1994 (1994-08-01)
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Richard Oswalt Covey (born August 1, 1946) is a retired United States Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut.

Born August 1, 1946, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he considers Fort Walton Beach, Florida, to be his hometown. He graduated from Choctawhatchee High School in Shalimar, Florida, in 1964; he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Science with a major in Astronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1968, and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University in 1969.

As a member of the U.S. Air Force, Covey was an operational fighter pilot from 1970–1974, flying the F-100 Super Sabre, A-37 Dragonfly and A-7 Corsair II. He flew 339 combat missions during two tours in Southeast Asia. At Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, between 1975 and 1978, he was an F-4 Phantom II and A-7D weapons system test pilot and joint test force director for electronic warfare testing of the F-15 Eagle.


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