Richard A. Mastracchio
| Richard Alan "Rick" Mastracchio | |
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
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February 11, 1960 Waterbury, Connecticut |
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Other occupation
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Engineer |
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Time in space
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227 days, 13 hours, 38 minutes |
| Selection | 1996 NASA Group |
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Total EVAs
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9 |
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Total EVA time
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53 hours, 4 minutes |
| Missions | STS-106, STS-118, STS-131, Soyuz TMA-11M (Expedition 38/39) |
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Richard Alan "Rick" Mastracchio (born February 11, 1960) is an American engineer and a 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.
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.
He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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.
In 1987, Mastracchio moved to Houston, Texas, to work for the Rockwell Shuttle Operations Company at the Johnson Space Center. In 1990, he joined NASA as an engineer in the Flight Crew Operations Directorate. His duties included the development of space shuttle flight software requirements, the verification of space shuttle flight software in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, and the development of ascent and abort crew procedures for the Astronaut Office.
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