Tracy Caldwell Dyson
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | June 4, 1998 ( 17th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 2 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
August 8, 2007 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
September 25, 2010 |
| Time in space: | 188d 19h 14min |
| EVA inserts: | 3 |
| EVA total duration: | 22h 49min |
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Tracy Caldwell Dyson (* 14. August 1969 in Arcadia , California as Tracy Ellen Caldwell ) is an American astronaut .
Academic activity
Caldwell graduated from California State University in Fullerton and earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1993 . During her studies she developed electronic components for mass spectrometers for analyzing elements of the earth's atmosphere. In addition, she worked in the university's safety laboratory in the field of environmental control and monitored the laboratories with their handling of dangerous substances.
In 1993 Caldwell moved to the University of California at Davis , where she prepared her doctorate and taught chemistry. In 1997 she got a PhD in physical chemistry . She was subsequently awarded a scholarship to conduct environmental research at the University of California at Irvine . Using spectrometers, she investigated reaction processes in the atmosphere and their dependence on air pressure.
Switch to NASA
First activities
Caldwell came to NASA with the 17th group of astronauts in the summer of 1998 . During the two-year basic training, which began in August 1998, Caldwell was assigned to the space station department in the astronauts office, where he was responsible for checking and integrating the Russian equipment and software for the International Space Station (ISS).
Upon completion of her training, Caldwell was assigned to the 5th long-term crew support team for the ISS in 2000 . In addition, she was the liaison spokesperson in the flight control center for the ISS teams until the end of 2002 .
Caldwell moved to the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) in 2003 and worked on the space shuttle's software . In addition, she was responsible for the take-off and landing operations at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida . In 2005 she was responsible for radio communications on ISS Expedition 11 .
STS-118
In May 2006, Caldwell was appointed Mission Specialist for the STS-118 mission . The flight took place in August 2007.
ISS expedition 23/24
Caldwell Dyson was a flight engineer on ISS Expeditions 23 and 24 . She worked on board the ISS from April to September 2010. The launch of the spaceship Soyuz TMA-18 took place on April 2, 2010. On August 7, 2010, she undertook together with Douglas Wheelock their first spacewalk . This was also the longest spacecraft mission that an ISS crew had carried out up to that point. On August 11 and 16, she and Wheelock undertook two more space exits to replace a defective coolant pump. She landed in Kazakhstan on September 25, 2010 .
Private
Tracy Caldwell has been married to George Dyson since November 2009 and has been called Caldwell Dyson since then.
It is Funkamateurin with the amateur radio call sign KF5DBF and singer in the astronaut band Max Q .
See also
Web links
- Tracy Caldwell Dyson on the NASA website - biography, pictures and videos (English; PDF)
- Spacefacts short biography
Individual evidence
- ↑ KF5DBF in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) database
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| SURNAME | Caldwell Dyson, Tracy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caldwell, Tracy Ellen (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arcadia , California |