Stephen Frick

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox astronaut Stephen Nathaniel Frick (born September 30, 1964)<ref name="Pittsburgh">Template:Cite news</ref> is an American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Frick graduated from Pine-Richland High School in 1982, earned a degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1986, was commissioned as a United States Navy officer, and trained as an F/A-18 fighter pilot.<ref name="NASA">Template:Cite web</ref> Stationed aboard the carrier Template:USS, he flew combat missions during the Gulf War and then earned a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994.<ref name="NASA" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Frick was selected as a NASA astronaut candidate in 1996 and was trained as a Space Shuttle pilot. He piloted mission STS-110, a docking mission with the International Space Station.<ref name="NASA" />

In July 2006, Frick was assigned to command the crew of STS-122. The 12-day mission delivered the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory and returned Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel M. Tani to Earth. The mission launched February 7, 2008, and touched down February 20, 2008.<ref name="NASA" /> NASA announced his retirement in July 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>