{"id":275579,"date":"2023-03-30T16:17:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T20:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=people&p=275579"},"modified":"2023-10-19T18:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T22:39:40","slug":"richard-h-truly","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/richard-h-truly\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard H. Truly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richard-h.-truly-gpn-2002-000090.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Portrait of Richard H. Truly\" style=\"transform: scale(1.6); transform-origin: 38% 9%; object-position: 38% 9%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richard-h.-truly-gpn-2002-000090.jpg 2199w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richard-h.-truly-gpn-2002-000090.jpg?resize=233,300 233w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richard-h.-truly-gpn-2002-000090.jpg?resize=768,987 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richard-h.-truly-gpn-2002-000090.jpg?resize=797,1024 797w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richard-h.-truly-gpn-2002-000090.jpg?resize=1195,1536 1195w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richard-h.-truly-gpn-2002-000090.jpg?resize=1594,2048 1594w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richard-h.-truly-gpn-2002-000090.jpg?resize=311,400 311w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richard-h.-truly-gpn-2002-000090.jpg?resize=467,600 467w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richard-h.-truly-gpn-2002-000090.jpg?resize=700,900 700w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richard-h.-truly-gpn-2002-000090.jpg?resize=934,1200 934w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richard-h.-truly-gpn-2002-000090.jpg?resize=1556,2000 1556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Richard H. Truly<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">Former Astronaut and NASA Administrator (May 14, 1989\u2013Mar. 31, 1992)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Truly was born in Fayette, Mississippi, on November 12, 1937, and attended school in Fayette and Meridian, Mississippi. He married Colleen Cody Hanner of Milledgeville, Georgia, and they had three children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Military Service and Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Truly’s career in the U.S. Navy began in 1959, when he was commissioned an ensign. This coincided with his graduation from Georgia Institute of Technology, which he attended as a Naval R.O.T.C. midshipman and earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following flight school, he was designated a naval aviator in 1960. His initial tour of duty, Fighter Squadron 33, was aboard <em>USS Intrepid<\/em> and <em>USS Enterprise<\/em>, and he made more than 300 carrier landings. From 1963 to 1965, he was a student and then instructor at the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1965, Truly became one of the first military astronauts selected to the Air Force’s Manned Orbiting Laboratory program in Los Angeles, California, and transferred to NASA as an astronaut in August 1969. He served as capsule communicator for all three Skylab missions in 1973 and the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975. As a naval aviator, test pilot, and astronaut, Truly logged over 7,500 hours in numerous military and civilian jet aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s79-36527-medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1031\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s79-36527-medium.jpg?w=1031\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 46% 21%; object-position: 46% 21%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s79-36527-medium.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s79-36527-medium.jpg?resize=242,300 242w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s79-36527-medium.jpg?resize=768,953 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s79-36527-medium.jpg?resize=825,1024 825w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s79-36527-medium.jpg?resize=322,400 322w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s79-36527-medium.jpg?resize=483,600 483w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s79-36527-medium.jpg?resize=725,900 725w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s79-36527-medium.jpg?resize=967,1200 967w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Richard H. Truly official astronaut portrait, 1979. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>He was pilot for one of the two-astronaut crews that flew the 747\/Space Shuttle <em>Enterprise<\/em> approach and landing test flights during 1977. He then was backup pilot for STS-1, the first orbital test of the Shuttle. His first space flight was November 12\u201314, 1981, as pilot of Space Shuttle <em>Columbia<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-2\/\" data-type=\"mission\" data-id=\"255260\">STS-2<\/a>), significant as the first piloted spacecraft to be reflown in space. His second flight (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-8\/\" data-type=\"mission\" data-id=\"281836\">STS-8<\/a>, August 30-September 5, 1983) was as commander of Space Shuttle <em>Challenger<\/em>, the first night launch and landing in the Shuttle program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Shuttle astronaut served as the first commander of the Naval Space Command in Dahlgren, Virginia, established October 1, 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly returned to NASA to become NASA’s Associate Administrator for Space Flight on February 20, 1986. In this position, he led the painstaking rebuilding of the Space Shuttle program. This was highlighted by NASA’s celebrated “return to flight” on September 29, 1988, when <em>Discovery<\/em> lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on the first Shuttle mission in almost 3 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He served as NASA’s eighth Administrator from February 1989 to 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mttc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mttc.jpg?w=504\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Standing is NASA Administrator Rear Adm. Richard Truly, and seated is Jerry Hlass, director of the Stennis Space Center.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 35% 17%; object-position: 35% 17%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mttc.jpg 504w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mttc.jpg?resize=300,239 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mttc.jpg?resize=400,319 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A dedication ceremony is held to open the Mississippi Technology Transfer Center at NSTL. Mississippi Gov. Bill Allain signs the official order in 1987. Standing is NASA Administrator Rear Adm. Richard Truly, and seated is Jerry Hlass, director of the Stennis Space Center. (Date: 11 June 1987)<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special Honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 18, 1989, Truly was awarded the Presidential Citizen’s Medal by President Reagan. His NASA awards include two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, two NASA Exceptional Service Medals and two NASA Space Flight Medals. His military decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, the Navy Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Meritorious Service Medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Truly also has received the Robert J. Collier Trophy (twice, 1982 and 1989), the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy (twice, 1982 and 1989), the Society of Experimental Test Pilot’s Ivan C. Kincheloe Award (1978) and James H. Doolittle Award (1988), the Federation Aeronautique Internationale Gold Space Medal (1984), the Harmon International Trophy (1982), the Thomas D. White Space Trophy (1982), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Haley Space Flight Award (1980), the American Astronautical Society’s Flight Achievement Award (1977) and John F. Kennedy Astronautics Award (1990), the Air Force Association’s David C. Shilling Award (1978), the Veterans of Foreign Wars Aviation and Space Gold Medal (1991), the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, the Medal of Honor of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Sons of the American Revolution Gold and Silver Good Citizenship Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After leaving NASA, Adm. Truly became Vice President and Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-archived-news nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-archived-news\">\t\t<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-grid-container w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-22 width-full w-full maxw-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More About Richard H. Truly\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-grid-container grid-container padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-nasa-benefits-from-manned-orbiting-laboratory-cancellation\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"879\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mol_illustration_nro_declassified_0.jpg?w=879\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mol_illustration_nro_declassified_0.jpg 879w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mol_illustration_nro_declassified_0.jpg?resize=300,209 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mol_illustration_nro_declassified_0.jpg?resize=768,534 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mol_illustration_nro_declassified_0.jpg?resize=400,278 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mol_illustration_nro_declassified_0.jpg?resize=600,417 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t7 min read\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-16\">50 Years Ago: NASA Benefits from Manned Orbiting Laboratory Cancellation<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-12 display-flex flex-align-center font-weight-bold text-uppercase margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-40\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-right-2\"><div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-auto\"><svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg><span>Article<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t5 years ago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/45-years-ago-nasa-names-the-first-four-space-shuttle-crews\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1270\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S78-27531\/S78-27531~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1270&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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