Name: Covey, Richard Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 4

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-51I August 27, 1985 - Discovery September 3, 1985 - Discovery
2. STS-26 September 29, 1988 - Discovery October 3, 1988 - Discovery
3. STS-38 November 11, 1990 - Atlantis November 15, 1990 - Atlantis
4. STS-61 December 2, 1993 - Endeavour December 13, 1993 - Endeavour

Space Flights Descriptions
STS-51C(a)
(Cancelled)
Planned Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) deployment shuttle mission
Cancelled due to failure of the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) or due to payload delays
1. STS-51I Deployed ASC 1 for American Satellite Company, AUSSAT 1 for Australia and SYNCOM IV-4 (Leasat 4)
Repaired SYNCOM IV-3's (Leasat 3) perigee kick motor
2. STS-26 Deployed Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 3 (TDRS-C)
Space Shuttle Return to Flight after the Challenger Disaster
3. STS-38 Classified military mission 7
4. STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope Service Mission 1 (HST-SM 1)

Return to Master List American Astronauts Four Spaceflights
Space Shuttle Program - 1985 / 1988 / 1990 / 1993

Updated - January 14, 2005