Background
Searfoss, Richard A. was born on June 5, 1956 in Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States.
Astronaut aerospace transportation executive
Searfoss, Richard A. was born on June 5, 1956 in Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering with honors, United States Air Force Academy, 1978. Master of Science in Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, 1979. Graduate, United States Air Force Sqaud.
Officer School; Graduate, Air Command and Staff College. Graduate, Air War College.
Enlisted United States Air Force, 1980, advanced through grades to colonel, 1998, pilot Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, 1981—1984, instructor pilot, weapons officer Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, 1984—1987. Exchange officer United States Naval Test Pilot School, Patuxent River, Maryland, 1988. Flight instructor United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California.
Astronaut, astronaut office representative, flight crew procedures, shuttle computer software development National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1991—1998. Test pilot instructor National Test Pilot School, Mojave Spaceport, California. Test pilot XCOR Aerospace.
Vice president Zero Gravity Corporation. Pilot, crew performed human and animal physiology experiments in space flight STS-58 Mission (Columbia), 1993. Pilot, performed 3rd docking of America spacecraft with Russian space station Mir, first ever space walk on combined space shuttle-space station complex STS-76 Mission (Atlantis), 1996.
Mission Commander, crew performed 26 neuroscience experiments on themselves focusing on the effects of microgravity on the brain and nervous system STS-90 Neurolab Mission, 1998. Chief judge Ansari X-Prize. Motivation speaker in field.
The hope of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and the purpose of life on this earth is to teach people and prepare them that everybody, along with their families, might live with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ eternally.
Member of Academy Model Aeronautics, Air Force Association, National Eagle Scout Association, Association Space Explorers.
Married; 3 children.