Richard H. Truly

Richard Harrison Truly was an American fighter pilot, engineer and Space Shuttle astronaut who served as a vice admiral in the United States Navy and as the eighth administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1989 to 1992. He was the first former astronaut to head the space agency.

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Who was born first?

• Richard H. Truly and Karol J. Bobko were born the same year
• Richard H. Truly and Igor Volk were born the same year
• Richard H. Truly and Robert Crippen were born the same year
• Richard H. Truly and Boris Borisovich Yegorov were born the same year
• Richard H. Truly and Vitaly Zholobov were born the same year

Timeline

1. Boris Borisovich YegorovNovember 26, 1937 – September 12, 1994
2. Igor VolkApril 12, 1937 – January 3, 2017
3. Karol J. BobkoDecember 23, 1937 – August 17, 2023
4. Richard H. Truly (this page)November 12, 1937 – February 27, 2024
5. Robert CrippenSeptember 11, 1937 – present
6. Vitaly ZholobovJune 18, 1937 – present

Related

• Neil ArmstrongAugust 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012
• Yuri GagarinMarch 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968
• Valentina TereshkovaMarch 6, 1937 – present
• Buzz AldrinJanuary 20, 1930 – present
• Alexey LeonovMay 30, 1934 – October 11, 2019
• Michael CollinsOctober 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021
• Sally RideMay 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012
• John GlennJuly 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016