Editing Richard Hieb (section)

{{Short description|American astronaut (born 1955)}}
{{Infobox astronaut
|name          = Richard Hieb
|image         = Richard Hieb (cropped).jpg
|caption       = NASA portrait, 1992
|birth_name    = Richard James Hieb
|birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1955|9|21}}
|birth_place   = [[Jamestown, North Dakota]], U.S.
|death_date    = 
|death_place   = 
|education     = [[Northwest Nazarene University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[University of Colorado, Boulder]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])
|type          = [[NASA astronaut]]
|time          = 31d 22h 34m
|selection     = [[NASA Astronaut Group 11|NASA Group 11 (1985)]]
|mission       = [[STS-39]]<br>[[STS-49]]<br>[[STS-65]]
|insignia      = [[File:Sts-39-patch.png|48px]] [[File:Sts-49-patch.png|40px]] [[File:Sts-65-patch.png|40px]]
}}
'''Richard James Hieb''' (born September 21, 1955 in [[Jamestown, North Dakota]]) is a former [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] and a veteran of three [[Space Shuttle]] missions. He was a mission specialist on [[STS-39]] and [[STS-49]], and was a payload commander on [[STS-65]]. After leaving NASA he worked at AlliedSignal and Orbital before spending 14 years as an executive at Lockheed Martin. He is currently a [https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/rick-hieb faculty member] in the University of Colorado Boulder Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department.