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'Richard Harrison Truly' (born November 12, 1937) is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, former astronaut, and was the eighth Administrator of NASA from 1989 to 1992. He was the first former astronaut to head the space agency.
Born in Fayette, Mississippi, Truly attended schools in Fayette and Meridian, Mississippi, receiving a bachelor of aeronautical engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1959. Truly was ordered to flight school and was designated a Naval Aviator on October 7, 1960. His initial tour of duty was in Fighter Squadron 33 where he flew F-8 Crusaders aboard USS ''Intrepid'' and USS ''Enterprise'' and made more than 300 carrier landings.[1]
From 1963 to 1965, he was first a student and later an instructor at the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. In 1965, he was among the first military astronauts selected to the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory program in Los Angeles, California. He became an astronaut for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in August 1969 after the cancellation of the MOL project. He was a member of the astronaut support crew and capsule communicator for all three of the manned Skylab missions (1973) and the Apollo-Soyuz mission (1975). He served as pilot of two of the five free flights of the Space Shuttle Enterprise in 1977 and the STS-2 in 1981. He served as commander of STS-8 in 1983, the first flight of an African-American (Guion Bluford) in orbit.
Truly became NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Flight on February 20, 1986. His tenure in this position was highlighted by NASA's celebrated "return to flight", on September 29, 1988, almost 3 years after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.[2]
After leaving NASA, Adm. Truly became Vice President and Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, part of the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Georgia.[3]
His decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Meritorious Service Medal. His NASA awards include the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, two NASA Space Flight Medals, and two NASA Exceptional Service Medals.
In 1988, he was awarded the Society of Experimental Test Pilots James H. Doolittle Award. He also received that year the Collier Trophy for his role in assisting NASA's return to launching manned missions after the Challenger disiaster.[4]
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★ Biography on Truly
'Richard Harrison Truly' (born November 12, 1937) is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, former astronaut, and was the eighth Administrator of NASA from 1989 to 1992. He was the first former astronaut to head the space agency.
Born in Fayette, Mississippi, Truly attended schools in Fayette and Meridian, Mississippi, receiving a bachelor of aeronautical engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1959. Truly was ordered to flight school and was designated a Naval Aviator on October 7, 1960. His initial tour of duty was in Fighter Squadron 33 where he flew F-8 Crusaders aboard USS ''Intrepid'' and USS ''Enterprise'' and made more than 300 carrier landings.[1]
From 1963 to 1965, he was first a student and later an instructor at the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. In 1965, he was among the first military astronauts selected to the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory program in Los Angeles, California. He became an astronaut for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in August 1969 after the cancellation of the MOL project. He was a member of the astronaut support crew and capsule communicator for all three of the manned Skylab missions (1973) and the Apollo-Soyuz mission (1975). He served as pilot of two of the five free flights of the Space Shuttle Enterprise in 1977 and the STS-2 in 1981. He served as commander of STS-8 in 1983, the first flight of an African-American (Guion Bluford) in orbit.
Truly became NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Flight on February 20, 1986. His tenure in this position was highlighted by NASA's celebrated "return to flight", on September 29, 1988, almost 3 years after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.[2]
After leaving NASA, Adm. Truly became Vice President and Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, part of the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Georgia.[3]
His decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Meritorious Service Medal. His NASA awards include the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, two NASA Space Flight Medals, and two NASA Exceptional Service Medals.
In 1988, he was awarded the Society of Experimental Test Pilots James H. Doolittle Award. He also received that year the Collier Trophy for his role in assisting NASA's return to launching manned missions after the Challenger disiaster.[4]
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