Astronaut Biography: Richard Truly (original) (raw)

Biographies of U.S. Astronauts

Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from GeorgiaTech, 1959; Vice Admiral,USN, Ret.; test pilot; selected in 1965 forMOL-1 selected; after end ofMOL programNASA astronaut; in 1977 he was pilot of thesecond andfourth test flight with the Space Shuttle Enterprise (ALT);NASA administrator from 1989 - 1992; then Vice President of Georgia Tech and Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute; 1997 - November 2004 Chief of National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.