
Flight record
2 flights on padside's record, flying from 2008 to 2013.
2Flights
180dTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Karen LuJean Nyberg is an American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. Nyberg became the 50th woman in space on her first mission in 2008. Nyberg started her space career in 1991 and spent a total of 180 days in space in 2008 and 2013 (as a Mission Specialist on STS-124 and a Flight Engineer on Soyuz TMA-09M).
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Parkers Prairie
- Education
- University of North Dakota; University of Texas at Austin
- Awards
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-09MMay 28, 2013
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-124May 31, 2008
Expeditions
- Expedition 372013-09-10 – 2013-11-10
- Expedition 362013-05-13 – 2013-09-10
Born 1969-10-07 · age 57