Richard Truly, born November 12, 1937 in Fayette, Mississippi, flew on two space shuttle missions at the beginning of the program.
He started as a test pilot for the Enterprise's take-offs and landings. He first went into space on Columbia (STS-2) on his birthday in 1981 with Joe Engle.
His second trip was on Challenger (STS-8) as commander in August-September 1983. This was the first flight for African-American astronaut Guy Bluford,
He served as NASA's Administrator for 1989 to 1992, during which time he commanded Voyager 1 to take one last picture of Earth before its mission ended. The pic has become known as the Pale Blue Dot photograph.
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