Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)

Rick Husband

American astronaut (1957–2003)

Richard Douglas Husband was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: as pilot of STS-96 and commander of STS-107. Husband and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. He is…