1. Richard Mastracchio has flown on three NASA Space Shuttle missions as a mission specialist in addition to serving as a flight engineer on the Soyuz TMA-11M long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station.
11 Facts About Richard Mastracchio
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Richard Mastracchio is currently the senior director of operations for commercial resupply services at Orbital ATK.
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Richard Mastracchio was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and graduated from Crosby High School in 1978.
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Richard Mastracchio is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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In 1987, Richard Mastracchio moved to Houston, Texas, to work for the Rockwell Shuttle Operations Company at the Johnson Space Center.
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Richard Mastracchio's duties included the development of space shuttle flight software requirements, the verification of space shuttle flight software in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, and the development of ascent and abort crew procedures for the Astronaut Office.
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Richard Mastracchio has worked technical issues for the Astronaut Office Computer Support Branch, for Space Station Operations, and the EVA Branch.
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Richard Mastracchio next served as lead for cockpit avionics upgrades.
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Richard Mastracchio launched for his fourth space flight onboard Soyuz TMA-11M alongside veteran Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and JAXA's Koichi Wakata, with additional focus on the launch due to a publicity stunt related to the 2014 Winter Olympics, due to be held in Sochi.
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On June 19,2017, Richard Mastracchio was appointed Senior Director of Operations for Commercial Resupply Services at Orbital ATK.
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Richard Mastracchio is currently Director Of Business Development at Northrop Grumman Space Systems.