Stephen Frick

{{Infobox astronaut

|name = Stephen Frick

|image = Stephen frick-2007.jpg

|birth_name = Stephen Nathaniel Frick

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|9|30}}

|birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|education = United States Naval Academy (BS)
Naval Postgraduate School (MS)

|type = NASA astronaut

|rank = Captain, USN

|time = 23d 14h 4m

|selection = NASA Group 16 (1996)

|missions = STS-110
STS-122

|insignia = 40px 48px

}}

Stephen Nathaniel Frick (born September 30, 1964){{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08044/857037-115.stm |title=U.S. astronauts with Western Pennsylvania connections |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=February 13, 2008 |access-date=September 4, 2011}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/frick.pdf |title=Stephen N. Frick (Captain, USN, RET.) NASA Astronaut |publisher=NASA |access-date=January 29, 2021 | date=October 2010}} Stationed aboard the carrier {{USS|Saratoga|CV-60|6}}, 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.{{cite book |title=Who's who of NASA astronauts |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofnasaast0000elli |url-access=registration |last=Ellis |first=Lee |page=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofnasaast0000elli/page/69 69] |year=2004 |publisher=Americana Group Publishing |isbn=978-0-9667961-4-8}}

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.

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. NASA announced his retirement in July 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/astronaut-stephen-frick-retires-from-nasa |title=Astronaut Stephen Frick Retires from NASA |date=July 27, 2015 |access-date=August 17, 2015 |publisher=NASA }}