Frederick W. Sturckow

Rick Sturckow
Sturckow in 1995
Born	Frederick Wilford Sturckow (1961-08-11) August 11, 1961 (age 62) La Mesa, California, U.S.
Other names	CJ
Education	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (BS) Florida Institute of Technology (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Rank	Colonel, USMC
Time in space	51d 10h 20m
Selection	NASA Group 15 (1994)
Missions	STS-88 STS-105 STS-117 STS-128 VP-03 Unity 21 Unity 25 Galactic 02 Galactic 04 Galactic 06
Mission insignia

Frederick Wilford "Rick" Sturckow (born August 11, 1961) is an engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot. Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. He flew as a pilot on STS-88 and STS-105 and as a commander on STS-117 and STS-128. All four missions docked with the International Space Station, making Sturckow one of three American astronauts to visit the station four times. Sturckow later was assigned to the Johnson Space Center as a CAPCOM. He left NASA in 2013 to become a pilot for Virgin Galactic.^[1]