Frederick Hauck

Frederick Hauck is an American astronaut who was born on April 11, 1941, in California. Before he became an astronaut, Hauck was a Navy test pilot. He logged over 5500 hours of flight time.

Hauck became an astronaut in 1978. He has spent over 436 hours in space on three spaceflights.

Hauck made his first spaceflight aboard STS-7 in 1983. This mission carried the first American woman into space, Sally Ride. In 1984, he commanded Mission 51-A. This was the first satellite salvage mission in space history. Hauck made his third flight aboard STS-26. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite was deployed during this mission.

Hauck resigned from NASA in 1989.

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