Richard O. Covey
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Richard Oswalt Covey is a retired United States Air Force officer, former NASA astronaut, and a member of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame.
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The crew of the STS-51-I mission. Covey is at the lower right.
STS-51-I
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STS-51-I was the 20th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. During the mission, Discovery deployed three communications satellites into orbit. The mi
Richard O. Covey
…of aircraft. Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978, Covey became an astronaut in August 1979. A veteran of four space flights, STS-51-I in 1985, STS-26 in 1988, STS-38 in 1990, and STS-61 in 1993, Covey has logged over 646 hours in space. He was the last member of his astronaut class—the…
van Hoften next to the crippled Syncom IV-3 (Leasat-3) satellite, during the mission's first EVA.
Back row: James D. A. van Hoften, William F. Fisher Front row: Joe H. Engle, Richard O. Covey, John M. LoungeSpace Shuttle program← STS-51-F (19)STS-51-J (21) →
Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery
Deployment of Aussat-1