Steven Lindsey

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Steven Lindsey
NASA astronaut
RankColonel, USAF
Time in space
62d 22h 33m[1]
SelectionNASA Group 15 (1994)
MissionsSTS-87
STS-95
STS-104
STS-121
STS-133
Mission insignia

Steven Wayne Lindsey (born August 24, 1960) is a retired U.S.

Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Lindsey served as Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office from September 2006 until October 2009.[2]

Early life and education

Lindsey was born on August 24, 1960, in

Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology of Air University
in 1990.

Military career

Lindsey was commissioned a

12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas. From 1984 until 1987, he served as a combat-ready pilot, instructor pilot, and academic instructor at Bergstrom. In 1987, he was selected to attend graduate school at the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
, where he studied Aeronautical Engineering.

In 1989, Lindsey attended the

F-117
aircraft. In March 1995, he was assigned to NASA as an astronaut candidate.

Lindsey has logged over 7,000 hours of flying time in more than 50 different types of aircraft.[3]

NASA career

Lindsey was selected by NASA in March 1995.[3] He became an astronaut in May 1996, qualified for flight assignment as a pilot. Initially assigned to flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), Lindsey also served as the Astronaut Office representative working on the Multifunction Electronic Display System (MEDS) program, a glass cockpit Space Shuttle upgrade program, as well as a number of other advanced upgrade projects. In between his first two flights, he worked as the Shuttle Landing and Rollout representative responsible for training flight crews and testing orbiter landing techniques and flying qualities. After his second flight, Lindsey served as Deputy for Shuttle Operations and Co-Chairman of the Space Shuttle Cockpit Council, responsible for designing, testing, and implementing crew interfaces and displays for the $400 million Shuttle Cockpit Avionics Upgrade. More recently, he served as the Chief of International Space Station Operations for the astronaut office, responsible for integrating astronaut, civil service, and contractor activities in providing support to all aspects of the development, testing, crew training and operations of the International Space Station. After the completion of STS-121, he became Chief of the Astronaut Office. In this position, Steven also flew weather reconnaissance in the Shuttle Training Aircraft during the launch or landing of a Space Shuttle. Lindsey ceded his position as Chief of the Astronaut Office to astronaut Peggy Whitson when he was selected for STS-133.

Spaceflight experience

Lindsey exercises aboard the International Space Station during STS-133

Lindsey has flown five missions in space for NASA. He served as pilot of STS-87 (1997) and STS-95 (1998) and commander of STS-104 (2001), STS-121 (2006) and STS-133 (2011).

Space Station assembly. During the EVA, Lindsey piloted the first flight of the AERCam Sprint
, a free-flying robotic camera. The mission was accomplished in 252 orbits of the Earth, traveling 6.5 million miles in 376 hours and 34 minutes.

payloads including deployment and retrieval of the Spartan solar-observing spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope
Orbital Systems Test Platform, and investigations on space flight and the aging process. The mission was accomplished in 134 Earth orbits, traveling 3.6 million miles in 213 hours and 44 minutes.

Joint Airlock Quest and to outfit it with four high-pressure gas tanks
. In addition to installing and activating the Joint Airlock, the crew also performed the first spacewalk from Quest. The mission was accomplished in 200 Earth orbits.

STS-121 (July 4 to July 17, 2006) was an ISS visit and space shuttle checkout mission. It was the second flight after the Columbia disaster (STS-107) and was considered one of the two Return to Flight test missions before resumption of normal shuttle operations. Lindsey served as mission commander on the flight.

STS-133 (February 24 to March 9, 2011) was the last flight for Space Shuttle Discovery.

A veteran of five space flights, Lindsey has logged over 1,500 hours in space.

Awards and honors

Lindsey is a distinguished graduate of the

Air Force Achievement Medal and the Aerial Achievement Medal. He is an inductee into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame.[4]

Lindsey is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, of the USAF Academy Association of Graduates, and of the Association of Space Explorers.

Lindsey is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award[5] which was presented to him by the San Gabriel Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America on November 10, 2012, on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America.

Personal life

Lindsey lives in Lafayette, Colorado with his wife, Diane Renee Lindsey (née Trujillo).

References

  1. ^ Joachim Becker. "Astronauts and Cosmonauts (sorted by "Time in Space")". spacefacts.de.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-12-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b "STEVEN W. LINDSEY (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER)" (PDF). NASA. July 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  4. ^ "U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame". Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  5. ^ "National Eagle Scout Association – Master DESA List". Retrieved November 11, 2012.

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Preceded by Chief of the Astronaut Office
2006–2009 		Succeeded by
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