Richard R. Arnold Status: Active 11/26/1963 – Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Richard Robert “Ricky” Arnold II is an American educator and a NASA astronaut. He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-119, which launched March 15, 2009 and delivered the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station. He launched again in 2018 to the ISS, onboard Soyuz MS-08.