Richard Covey, born August 1, 1946 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has flown in space four times.
His first flight was aboard Discovery (STS-51-I) as pilot August-September 1985. He spent just over 7 days in space.
His second flight was again aboard Discovery (STS-26) as pilot September-October 1988. It was the first flight after the Challenger disaster in 1986. It was also the first mission with an all-veteran crew since Apollo 11. They stayed in space about 4 days.
His third flight was aboard Atlantis (STS-38) as commander in November 1990. This mission carried a classified payload for the Department of Defense. They remained in space for almost 5 days.
Covey's fourth and final mission was as commander on Endeavour (STS-61) in December 1993, which was a Hubble servicing mission. The crew remained in space for almost 11 days.
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