Rick Mastracchio
Richard Mastracchio was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering/computer science from the University of Connecticut in 1982, a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1987, and a Master of Science degree in physical science from the University of Houston?Clear Lake in 1991. Mastracchio worked for Hamilton Standard in Connecticut as an engineer in the system design group from 1982 until 1987. During that time, he participated in the development of high performance, inertial measurement units and flight control computers. In 1987, Mastracchio moved to Houston, Texas, to work for the Rockwell Shuttle Operations Company at the Johnson Space Center. In 1990, he joined NASA as an engineer in the Flight Crew Operations Directorate. His duties included the development of space shuttle flight software requirements, the verification of space shuttle flight software in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, and the development of ascent and abort crew procedures for the Astronaut Office. Mastracchio flew as a mission specialist on STS-106. His next mission was STS-118 in August 2007, followed by STS-131 on April 2010. He has logged over 283 hours in space.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-106 MSP 08.09.2000 - 20.09.2000 11d 19h 12m
2 STS-118 MSP 08.08.2007 - 21.08.2007 12d 17h 56m
3 STS-131 MSP 05.04.2010 - 20.04.2010 15d 02h 47m
4 Soyuz TMA-11M / ISS-38 ISS-39 Flight Engineer 07.11.2013 - 14.05.2014 187d 21h 44m
Total 227d 13h 39m
