Steven Swanson

Steven Ray Swanson is an American Engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. He is married and has three children. He has received numerous awards and honors. These include the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and the JSC Certificate of Accommodation and many others. Prior to becoming a NASA astronaut, Swanson worked for GTE in Phoenix, Arizona, as a software engineer. Swanson has flown two shuttle flights, STS-117 and STS-119. He has logged over 4,700 hours in space and completed four spacewalks totaling 26 hours and 14 minutes. Swanson has also served in other roles at NASA, such as a CAPCOM for both International Space Station and Space Shuttle missions.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

• Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-12M — Flight Engineer · Success · March 25, 2014
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-119 — Mission Specialist · Success · March 15, 2009 · 23:43 UTC
• Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-117 — Mission Specialist · Success · June 8, 2007

• Expedition 39 EVA — 2014-04-23 · 1h 36m
• STS-119 EVA 2 — 2009-03-21 · 6h 30m
• STS-119 EVA 1 — 2009-03-19 · 6h 7m
• STS-117 EVA 4 — 2007-06-17 · 6h 29m
• STS-117 EVA 2 — 2007-06-13 · 7h 16m