Richard Hieb

Richard Hieb
NASA portrait, 1992
Born	Richard James Hieb (1955-09-21) September 21, 1955 (age 68) Jamestown, North Dakota, U.S.
Education	Northwest Nazarene University (BS) University of Colorado, Boulder (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space	31d 22h 34m
Selection	NASA Group 11 (1985)
Missions	STS-39 STS-49 STS-65
Mission insignia

Richard James Hieb (born September 21, 1955 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49, and was a payload commander on STS-65. After leaving NASA he worked at AlliedSignal and Orbital before spending 14 years as an executive at Lockheed Martin. He is currently a faculty member in the University of Colorado Boulder Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department.