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601:, Truly returned to NASA to become NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Flight on February 20, 1986. His primary task was to watch over the Space Shuttle's return to flight status. Along with that, he was also responsible for such long term issues as whether or not
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388:(November 12, 1937 – February 27, 2024) was an American
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435:, Truly attended segregated schools in Fayette and
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1543:"Truly May Give Mississippi its First Space Break"
1493:McKie, Faith; Warner, Cheryl (February 29, 2024).
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3177:Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
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1609:"The Gen. Thomas D. White USAF Space Trophy"
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690:. He served in this role from 1992 to 1997.
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1337:"VADM Richard H. Truly (USN, Ret.)"
1287:Sawyer, Kathy (February 13, 1992).
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1953:Acting deputy administrators
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455:. He was active in the
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1313:. NASA. Archived from
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478:(VF-33) where he flew
466:Being a member of the
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2755:Richard F. Gordon Jr.
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1812:Acting administrators
1224:All Things Considered
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2720:Christopher Ferguson
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1855:Frederick D. Gregory
1435:on September 8, 2015
1400:United States Senate
1311:Great Images In NASA
1015:List of Eagle Scouts
757:military decorations
695:Department of Energy
674:Post-NASA activities
537:capsule communicator
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125:Fayette, Mississippi
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3020:Kathryn D. Sullivan
2935:Charles J. Precourt
2925:Scott E. Parazynski
2885:Bruce McCandless II
2730:C. Gordon Fullerton
2635:Franklin Chang-Díaz
2590:Daniel Brandenstein
2236:C. Gordon Fullerton
1860:Christopher Scolese
1660:Government offices
1455:"Board of Trustees"
1293:The Washington Post
571:Naval Space Command
476:Fighter Squadron 33
441:Bachelor of Science
423:from 1997 to 2005.
316:NASA Group 7 (1969)
227:Fighter Squadron 33
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2820:Thomas David Jones
2805:Jeffrey A. Hoffman
2251:Donald H. Peterson
2246:Robert F. Overmyer
2049:Electronic Systems
1788:Michael D. Griffin
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1182:"Richard H. Truly"
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