Richard Searfoss
Richard Alan Searfoss (born June 5, 1956, died 29 September 2018) is a retired United States Air Force colonel, NASA Astronaut and test pilot. Selected by NASA in January 1990, Searfoss became an astronaut in July 1991. A veteran of three space flights, he retired from the Air Force and left NASA in 1998. After leaving NASA, Searfoss served as a judge for the Ansari X-Prize, where he officially declared SpaceShipOne to have won the competition on October 4, 2004 after completing two flights within a two week period.
Spaceflights
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-58 PLT 18.10. - 01.11.1993 14d 00h 12m
2 STS-76 PLT 22.03. - 31.03.1996 9d 05h 16m
3 STS-90 CDR 17.04. - 03.05.1998 15d 21h 50m
Total 39d 03h 18m
