Richard Mastracchio

January 5, 2024
Astronaut

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Richard Mastracchio
Full Name Richard Mastracchio
Occupation Astronaut
Date Of Birth Feb 11, 1960(1960-02-11)
Age 64
Birthplace Connecticut
Country United States
Birth City Connecticut
Horoscope Aquarius

Richard Mastracchio Biography

Name Richard Mastracchio
Birthday Feb 11
Birth Year 1960
Place Of Birth Connecticut
Home Town Connecticut
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Aquarius

Richard Mastracchio is one of the most popular and richest Astronaut who was born on February 11, 1960 in Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. Mission specialist on STS-106, meant to prepare the International Space Station for its first permanent crew.

He and Daniel C. Burbank flew on STS-106.

Richard Mastracchio was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and graduated from Crosby High School in 1978. 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.

He married and had three children.

Richard Mastracchio Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Astronaut
House Living in own house.

Richard Mastracchio is one of the richest Astronaut from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Mastracchio 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He worked as an engineer for the Rockwell Shuttle Operations Company at Johnson Space Center.

He was assigned the position of flight engineer for Expeditions 38 and 39.

Richard Alan “Rick” Mastracchio (born February 11, 1960) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He has flown on three NASA Space Shuttle missions as a mission specialist in addition to serving as a Flight Engineer on the Soyuz TMA-11M (Expedition 38/Expedition 39) long duration mission aboard the International Space Station. He is currently the Senior Director of Operations for Commercial Resupply Services at Orbital ATK.

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Discovery (April 5–20, 2010), a resupply mission to the International Space Station, was launched at night from the Kennedy Space Center.

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Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Astronaut. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Richard Mastracchio celebrates birthday on February 11 of every year.

Atlantis (September 8–20, 2000). During the 12-day mission, the crew prepared the International Space Station for the arrival of the first permanent crew. The five astronauts and two cosmonauts delivered more than 6,600 pounds of supplies and installed batteries, power converters, a toilet and a treadmill. Two crewmembers performed a space walk to connect power, data and communications cables between the newly arrived Zvezda Service Module and the other station modules. Mastracchio was the ascent/entry flight engineer, the primary robotic arm operator, and responsible for the transfer of items from the Space Shuttle to the Space Station. STS-106 orbited the Earth 185 times, and covered 4.9 million miles in 11 days, 19 hours, and 10 minutes.

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