Ed Lu

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Edward Tsang "Ed" Lu (simplified Chinese: 卢杰; traditional Chinese: 盧傑; pinyin: Lú Jié) is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut. He flew on two Space Shuttle flights, and made an extended stay aboard the International Space Station. In 2007, Lu retired from NASA to become the program manager of Google's Advanced Projects Team. In 2002, while still at NASA, Lu co-founded the B612 Foundation, dedicated to protecting the Earth from asteroid strikes, later serving as its chairman. As of 2014, he is currently its chief executive officer (CEO).

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Springfield

Education

Stanford University; Cornell University; Cornell University College of Engineering

Awards

NASA Space Flight Medal; Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"

From Wikidata.

• Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-2Flight Engineer · Success · with Yuri MalenchenkoApril 26, 2003
• Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-106Mission Specialist · Success · with Boris Morukov, Daniel C. Burbank, Richard Mastracchio, Scott Altman, Terrence W. Wilcutt, Yuri MalenchenkoSeptember 8, 2000
• Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-84Mission Specialist · Success · with Carlos I. Noriega, Charles J. Precourt, Eileen Collins, Jean-François Clervoy, Michael Foale, Yelena KondakovaMay 15, 1997 · 08:07 UTC

• STS-106 EVA6h 15m2000-09-11

• Expedition 7International Space Station · Flight Engineer2003-04-28 – 2003-10-27