| Steven Wayne Lindsey | |
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Active |
| Born | August 24, 1960 Arcadia, California |
| Other occupation | Fighter pilot |
| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
| Space time | 50d 03h 29m |
| Selection | 1994 NASA Group |
| Missions | STS-87, STS-95, STS-104, STS-121 |
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Steven Wayne Lindsey (born August 24, 1960) is an American Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arcadia is a US city in Los Angeles County California that is located about northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley A fighter pilot is a military aviator trained to engage other aircraft and typically pilots a Fighter aircraft. Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country 1957 - Man In Space Soonest Group 1 - USA Neil A Armstrong, Albert S STS-87 was a mission of the United States Space Shuttle. Crew Kevin R STS-95 was a mission of the Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on October 29 1998 STS-104 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''. STS-121 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained Lindsey currently serves as Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office. The Chief of the Astronaut Office is the most senior Astronaut position at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA
Lindsey was born in Arcadia, California, although he considers Temple City, California to be his hometown. Arcadia is a US city in Los Angeles County California that is located about northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Temple City is a city in Los Angeles County, California. The population was 33377 at the 2000 census Lindsey graduated from Temple City High School. Temple City High School (also known as TCHS) is a four-year public High school located in Temple City California, in the West San Gabriel Valley Lindsey is an Eagle Scout. Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA He received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering sciences from the United States Air Force Academy in 1982, and a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1990. A Bachelor of Science ( BS, BSc or BSc in the UK; less commonly S Engineering Science is a Multidisciplinary program designed to integrate the Sciences with areas of traditional Engineering such as Research The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA or Air Force) is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air Aerospace engineering is the branch of Engineering behind the design construction and science of Aircraft and Spacecraft. The Air Force Institute of Technology ( AFIT) is a Graduate school and provider of professional and continuing education that is part of the United States Air He currently lives in Clear Lake City (Houston) with his wife, Diane Renee Lindsey (née Trujillo) and three children: Jessica, Jason, and Jill. Clear Lake City is a Master-planned community located in southeast Harris County Texas and is the second-largest master-planned community in Houston&mdashbehind Steven is an avid Warhammer 40,000 player[1]. Warhammer 40000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or just 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame in a Science
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Military career
Lindsey was commissioned a second lieutenant at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1982. Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned officer Military rank in many Armed forces. The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA or Air Force) is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air The City of Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. In 1983, after receiving his pilot wings at Reese Air Force Base, Texas, he qualified in the RF-4C Phantom II and was assigned to the 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas. Reese Air Force Base was a base of the United States Air Force located 6 mi west of Lubbock, Texas, about 225 mi WNW of Fort Worth. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. For the civil use of this airfield after 1993 see Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Bergstrom Air Force Base (1942-1993 was a United 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 Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where he studied aeronautical engineering. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Greene and Montgomery counties eight miles (13 km) northeast of Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads In 1989, he attended the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The US Air Force Flight Test School is located on Edwards Air Force Base in California. Edwards Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County California in the Antelope In 1990, Lindsey was assigned to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where he conducted weapons and systems tests in F-16 and F-4 aircraft. Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the While a member of the 3247th Test Squadron, Lindsey served as the deputy director, Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System Joint Test Force and as the squadron’s F-16 Flight Commander. Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System (ATARS is a system for image acquisition data storage and data link used by the United States Marine Corps on it In August 1993, Lindsey was selected to attend Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The Air Command and Staff College (ACSC is located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery Alabama and is the United States Air Force 's intermediate Maxwell Air Force Base, officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force (USAF installation under the Air Education and Training Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. Upon graduation in June of 1994, he was reassigned to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, as an Integrated Product Team leader in the USAF SEEK EAGLE Office where he was responsible for Air Force weapons certification for the F-16, F-111, A-10, and F-117 aircraft. Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States The United States Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office (USAF SEEK EAGLE Office AFSEO was started to improve the combat capability of the warfighter WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout In March 1995, he was assigned to NASA as an astronaut candidate.
He has logged over 4500 hours of flying time in more than 50 different types of aircraft.
NASA career
Lindsey was selected by NASA in December 1994. 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. The Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory is a facility at Lyndon B 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. Following his most recent mission, he became Chief of the Astronaut Office. The Chief of the Astronaut Office is the most senior Astronaut position at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA
Space flight
Lindsey has flown four missions in space for NASA. He served as Pilot of STS-87 (1997) and STS-95 (1998) and Commander of STS-104 (2001) and STS-121 (2006).
STS-87 (November 19 to December 5, 1997) was the fourth U. STS-87 was a mission of the United States Space Shuttle. Crew Kevin R Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. S Microgravity Payload flight and focused on experiments designed to study how the weightless environment of space affects various physical processes, and on observations of the Sun’s outer atmospheric layers. Weightlessness is a phenomenon experienced by people during Free-fall. Outer space, often simply called space, comprises the relatively empty regions of the Universe outside the escape velocities of Celestial bodies. The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. Two members of the crew performed an EVA (spacewalk) that featured the manual capture of a Spartan satellite, and tested EVA tools and procedures for future Space Station assembly. Extra-vehicular activity ( EVA) is work done by an Astronaut away from the Earth and outside of a Spacecraft. Extra-vehicular activity ( EVA) is work done by an Astronaut away from the Earth and outside of a Spacecraft. A space station is an artificial structure designed for Humans to live in Outer space. During the EVA, Lindsey piloted the first flight of the AERCam Sprint, a free-flying robotic camera. The Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera Sprint (AERCam Sprint is a NASA experiment to demonstrate the use of a prototype free-flying television camera that could The mission was accomplished in 252 orbits of the Earth, traveling 6. 5 million miles in 376 hours and 34 minutes.
STS-95 (October 29 to November 7, 1998) was a 9-day mission during which the crew supported a variety of research 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. STS-95 was a mission of the Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on October 29 1998 Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat In military aircraft or space exploration the payload is the carrying capacity of an aircraft or space ship including as Cargo, Munitions scientific instruments The Hubble Space Telescope ( HST; also known colloquially as "the Hubble" or just "Hubble" is a space telescope that was carried into The mission was accomplished in 134 Earth orbits, traveling 3. 6 million miles in 213 hours and 44 minutes.
STS-104 (July 12 to July 24, 2001), designated assembly mission 7A, was the 10th mission to the International Space Station (ISS). STS-104 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. During the 13-day flight the crew conducted joint operations with the Expedition-2 crew and performed three spacewalks to install the ISS Joint Airlock Quest and to outfit it with four high-pressure gas tanks. The Quest Joint Airlock, previously known as the Joint Airlock Module, is the primary Airlock for the International Space Station. This article is about the word for other meanings see Quest (disambiguation A quest is a journey towards a goal used in Mythology 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. STS-121 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians 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. The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated over Texas STS-107 was a Space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched January 16, 2003. Lindsey served as mission commander on the flight.
A veteran of four space flights, Lindsey has logged over 896 hours in space.
Awards and honors
Lindsey is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training (1983). Air Education and Training Command ( AETC) was established July 1 1993 with the realignment of Air Training Command and Air University. He is also a distinguished graduate and recipient of the Liethen-Tittle Award as the outstanding test pilot of the USAF Test Pilot School Class 89A (1989). Test pilots are Aviators who fly new and modified Aircraft in specific maneuvers allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated The US Air Force Flight Test School is located on Edwards Air Force Base in California. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, 3 NASA Space Flight Medals, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Air Force Achievement Medal and the Aerial Achievement Medal. The Distinguished Flying Cross is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself in The Defense Superior Service Medal of the United States is a senior decoration of the Department of Defense. The Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM is the third-highest award bestowed upon members of the United States military by the United States Department of Defense The NASA Space Flight Medal is a decoration of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The NASA Exceptional Service Medal is an award granted to US government employees for significant sustained performance characterized by unusual initiative or creative ability that clearly The Air Force Distinguished Service Medal was created by an act of the United States Congress on July 6, 1960. The Commendation Medal is a mid-level United States military award which is presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service The Achievement Medal is a military medal of the United States military. The Aerial Achievement Medal is a decoration of the United States Air Force which was first created in 1988.
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. The Society of Experimental Test Pilots is an international organization that seeks to promote air safety and contributes to aeronautical advancement by promoting sound aeronautical design The Association of Space Explorers is a Non-profit organization with a membership composed of people who have completed at least one Earth orbit in space (as defined by the FAI
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