Tracy Caldwell Dyson

Also known as Tracy Ellen Caldwell

American chemist and NASA astronaut

Key facts

Born: Tracy Ellen Caldwell , ( 1969-08-14 ) August 14, 1969 (age 56) , Arcadia, California , U.S
Education: California State University, Fullerton ( BS ), University of California, Davis ( MS , PhD )
Spouse: George Dyson
Time in space: 372 days 18 hours and 36 minutes
Selection: NASA Group 17 (1998)
Total eva time: 23 hours and 20 minutes
Missions: STS-118 , Soyuz TMA-18 ( Expedition 23 / 24 ), Soyuz MS-25 ( Expedition 70 / 71 )
Fields: Physical chemistry
Thesis: A Mechanistic and Kinetic Study of Heterocycle and Cyclization Chemistry on Pd(111) Using Laser-Induced Thermal Desorption with Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry (1997)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Part of: NASA Astronaut Group 17
Given name: Tracy
Family name: Caldwell
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Arcadia
Occupation: physicist
Educated at: California State University
Employer: NASA
Languages spoken: English language
Award: NASA Space Flight Medal
Image: Tracy E Caldwell portrait.jpg

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P450: Expedition 71
member of the crew of: Expedition 70
Commons category: Tracy Caldwell
date of birth: 1969-08-14
time in space: 536795

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Encyclopedic overview

Tracy Caldwell Dyson (born Tracy Ellen Caldwell; August 14, 1969) is an American chemist and NASA astronaut. She was a mission specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in August 2007 and has participated in two long-duration missions to the International Space Station, Expedition 23 and 24 from April to September 2010 and Expedition 70 and 71 from March to September 2024. She has completed four spacewalks, logging nearly 24 hours of extravehicular activity.

Early life and education

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