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Steven W. Lindsey

Steven W. Lindsey
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NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Retired
Born Steven Wayne Lindsey
(1960-08-24) August 24, 1960 (age 56)
Arcadia, California, U.S.
Other occupation
Fighter pilot, test pilot
USAFA, B.S. 1982
AFIT, M.S. 1990
Rank US-O6 insignia.svg Colonel, USAF
Time in space
62d 22h 33min
Selection 1994 NASA Group 15
Missions STS-87, STS-95, STS-104, STS-121, STS-133
Mission insignia
Sts-87-patch.svg STS-95 Patch.svg Sts-104-patch.svg STS-121 patch.svg STS-133 patch.svg
Awards Dfc-usa.jpg

Steven Wayne Lindsey (born August 24, 1960) is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Lindsey served as Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office from September 2006 until October 2009.

Lindsey was born on August 24, 1960, in Arcadia, California. He graduated from Temple City High School in 1978. Lindsey is an Eagle Scout from Troop 161. 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 U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology in 1990.

Lindsey was commissioned a Second Lieutenant at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1982. 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. 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 U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where he studied Aeronautical Engineering.


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