| Name: Truly, Richard | Country: USA | M/F: M | Number of Flights: 2* / 5 |
| ALT Flights | Date of Flight - Shuttle | ALT Flight Notes |
|---|---|---|
| *1. ALT Flight 2 | June 28, 1977 - Enterprise | Captive Carry Flight 2 - Tail cone on |
| *2. ALT Flight 5 | September 13, 1977 - Enterprise | Free Flight 2 - Tail cone on |
| *3. ALT Flight 7 | October 12, 1977 - Enterprise | Free Flight 4 - Tail cone off |
| Space Flights | Launch Date - Shuttle | Landing Date - Shuttle |
| 4. STS-2 | November 12, 1981 - Columbia | November 14, 1981 - Columbia |
| 5. STS-8 | August 30, 1983 - Challenger | September 5, 1983 - Challenger |
| Space Flights | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Skylab 2 (Support Crew) |
First manned Skylab mission |
| Skylab 3 (Support Crew) |
Second manned Skylab mission |
| Skylab 4 (Support Crew) |
Third and final manned Skylab mission |
| MOL-6 (Cancelled) |
Fourth manned flight of the Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL) The Navy wanted an all-Navy crew for the fourth manned flight of the MOL, which would limit the crew to Truly with either Overmyer or Crippen as co-pilot. The MOL program was cancelled in June 1969. |
| Apollo ASTP (Support Crew) |
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project - Docked with Soyuz 19 |
| STS-1 (Backup Crew) |
First Flight of the Space Shuttle |
| ALT Flights | Pilot of second crew of the Approach and Landing Tests *1. Flight 2 - June 28, 1977 - Enterprise (Captive Carry Flight 2 - Tail cone on) *2. Flight 5 - September 13, 1977 - Enterprise (Free Flight 2 - Tail cone on) *3. Flight 7 - October 12, 1977 - Enterprise (Free Flight 4 - Tail cone off) |
| * Doesn't count as a flight for Truly | |
| 4. STS-2 | Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications Payload 1 (OSTA-1) Remote Sensing Experiments - Shorten Mission |
| 5. STS-8 | Deployed INSAT 1B for India |
| Return to Master List | American Astronauts | Two Spaceflights |
| Space Shuttle Program - ALT / 1981 (R&D) 1983 | ||
Updated - June 5, 2006