Editing Rick Husband (section)

==NASA career==
Husband was selected as an astronaut candidate by [[NASA]] in December 1994, the same week he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.<ref name=Rick/>{{rp|67}} Husband reported to the [[Johnson Space Center]] in March 1995 to begin a year of training and evaluation. Upon completion of training, he was named the Astronaut Office representative for Advanced Projects at Johnson Space Center, working on [[Space Shuttle]] Upgrades, the [[Crew Return Vehicle]] (CRV) and studies to return to the [[Moon]] and travel to [[Mars]]. Husband eventually served as Chief of Safety for the [[Astronaut Office]]. He flew as pilot on [[STS-96]] in 1999, and logged 235 hours and 13 minutes in [[outer space|space]]. Husband was later assigned to command the crew of [[STS-107]], which was launched early in 2003. Along with the rest of the STS-107 crew, Husband was killed upon reentry when the shuttle disintegrated over Texas.