Richard Hieb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Richard Hieb

American astronaut

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1955

Place of Birth: Jamestown, North Dakota, United States

Profession: astronaut, engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Richard James Hieb (born September 21, 1955 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions.
He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49, and was a payload commander on STS-65.
After leaving NASA he worked at AlliedSignal and Orbital before spending 14 years as an executive at Lockheed Martin.
He is currently a faculty member in the University of Colorado Boulder Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department.