NAME: Stephen N. Frick
(Commander, U.S. Navy)
NASA Astronaut
PERSONAL
DATA:
Hometown: Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. Married. He enjoys
skiing, hiking, camping.
EDUCATION: Graduated from Richland High
School, Gibsonia, Pennsylvania in 1982; received a bachelor of science degree
in aerospace engineering from the US Naval Academy in 1986; master of science
degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in
1994.
ORGANIZATIONS: Society of Experimental Test
Pilots, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association.
SPECIAL
HONORS: Air
Medal with 2 Strike-Flight awards; 3 Navy Commendation Medals, one with Combat
V; Navy Unit Commendation; National Defense Service Medal; Sea Service
Deployment Ribbon, 2 Southwest Asia Service Medals; and various other service awards.
EXPERIENCE: Frick was commissioned upon
graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in May 1986. After being designated as a
Naval Aviator in February 1988, he reported to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 at
Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Florida, for transition to the F/A-18 Hornet.
Upon
completion of training, he reported to Strike Fighter Squadron 83 also at Cecil
Field, and deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea onboard the USS
Saratoga (CV-60). During the 8-month deployment, he participated in Operation
Desert Shield and Desert Storm, flying 26 combat missions from the Red Sea to
targets in Iraq and Kuwait. He was also designated an airwing
qualified landing signals officer. After leaving Strike Fighter Squadron 83 in
December 1991, Frick participated in a cooperative program consisting of 15
months at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and 1 year
with the Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent
River, Maryland.
Upon
graduation in June 1994, he was assigned as a project officer and test pilot to
the Carrier Suitability Department of the Strike Aircraft Test Squadron also
located at Patuxent River. While there, he conducted
shore-based and shipboard testing of the F/A-18 Hornet. Frick was assigned to
Strike Fighter Squadron 125 in Lemoore, California, preparing for return to a
deployed F/A-18 squadron when selected for the astronaut program in April 1996.
Frick Has
logged over 3,200 flight hours in 35 different aircraft, and has over 370
carrier landings.
NASA
EXPERIENCE:
Selected by NASA in April 1996, Frick reported to the Johnson Space Center in
August 1996. Having completed two years of training and evaluation, he is
qualified for flight assignment as a pilot. Initially, Frick was assigned
technical duties in the Astronaut Office Spacecraft Systems/Operations Branch.
He completed his first space flight as pilot on STS-110, and has logged over
259 hours in space. Frick is assigned to command the STS-122 mission that will
deliver the European Space Agency's Columbus
Laboratory to the International Space Station.
SPACE
FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: STS-110
Atlantis (April 8-19, 2002) was the 13th Shuttle mission to visit the International
Space Station. Mission milestones included: delivery and installation of the SO
(S-Zero) Truss; first maneuvering of spacewalkers using the ISS robotic arm;
and the first mission on which all spacewalks were based from the station's Quest Airlock. The crew prepared the
station for future spacewalks and spent a week in joint operations with the
station's Expedition-4 crew. Mission duration was 10 days, 19 hours and 42
minutes.
Last
Updated: July 2006
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