* Astronomy

Richard Oswalt Covey (born August 1, 1946) is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut.
Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978, Covey became an astronaut in August 1979. A veteran of four space flights, STS-51-I in 1985, STS-26 in 1988, STS-38 in 1990, and STS-61 in 1993, Covey has logged over 646 hours in space.
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