Richard "Ricky" Arnold, born November 26, 1963 just down the road from here in Cheverly, Maryland, has been in space twice. He attended Frostburg State University in Maryland, getting a degree in accounting and then completed teacher certification there. He got a Master's Degree from the University of Maryland in 1992.
His first flight was aboard Discovery (STS-119) as mission specialist to the International Space Station in March 2009. He conducted two EVAs during the mission with fellow astronauts Steven Swanson and Joe Acaba.
His second mission was aboard Soyuz MS-08, launched in March 2018 to the International Space Station as part of the crew of Expedition 55 with fellow astronauts Oleg Artemyev and Andrew Feustel. They spent over 196 days in space, returning to Earth in October 2018.
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