Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger | |
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| Born | Dorothy Marie Metcalf (1975-05-15)May 15, 1975 (age 50) |
| Education | Whitman College (BS) University of Washington (MS) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
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| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 15d 2h 47m |
| Selection | NASA Group 19 (2004) |
| Missions | STS-131 |
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Dorothy Marie "Dottie"Metcalf-Lindenburger (born May 2, 1975) is a retired Americanastronaut. She was a science teacher atHudson's Bay High School inVancouver, Washington[1] when she was selected in 2004 as aneducator mission specialist. She was the firstSpace Camp alumna to become an astronaut.
Dorothy Metcalf was born inColorado Springs, Colorado to Joyce and Keith Metcalf.[2]
Metcalf graduated from Fort Collins High School,Fort Collins, Colorado. She went on to attendWhitman College inWalla Walla, Washington, where she studied geology. As an undergrad, she undertook research with the KECK Consortium for two summers. In 1995, she worked inWyoming mapping the last glaciations of Russell Creek, and in 1996 she mapped and determined thepetrology of therocks in the Wet Mountain region ofColorado. She graduated from Whitman College in 1997.
She received her teaching certification atCentral Washington University,Ellensburg, Washington in 1999. Metcalf spent five years teachingearth science andastronomy atHudson's Bay High School inVancouver, Washington. She spent three years coachingcross-country at thehigh school level, and two years coachingScience Olympiad.
In 2000, she married Jason Lindenburger, a fellow Whitman College graduate and educator, from Pendleton, Oregon. They have one daughter together.
In 2016, Metcalf-Lindenburger earned her master's degree in geology from theUniversity of Washington.
She is a member of the organizationsInternational Order of the Rainbow for Girls,Phi Beta Kappa, theNational Education Association, andThe Mars Generation.
Metcalf-Lindenburger was selected by NASA in May 2004 as an astronaut candidate. Astronaut candidate training includes orientation briefings and tours, numerous scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction inShuttle andInternational Space Station systems,physiological training,T-38 flight training, and water and wilderness survival training. Successful completion of this training in February 2006 qualified her as a NASA Astronaut. She served as a mission specialist onSTS-131, an April 2010 Space Shuttle mission to theInternational Space Station. The mission's primary payload was the Multi-Purpose Logistics ModuleLeonardo, which was filled with food and science supplies for the station. The MPLM also carried the third and finalMinus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI),Window Orbital Research Facility (WORF), one Crew Quarters Rack, theMuscle Atrophy Resistive Exercise (MARES) rack, Resupply Stowage Racks (RSRs), and Resupply Stowage Platforms (RSPs).
On July 20, 2009, Metcalf-Lindenburger sang thenational anthem at theHouston Astros game against theSt. Louis Cardinals in celebration of the 40th anniversary of theApollo 11 Moon landing. She has been a long-time lead singer with the all-astronaut rock band, "Max Q".
On April 16, 2012, NASA announced that Metcalf-Lindenburger would command theNEEMO 16 undersea exploration mission aboard theAquariusunderwater laboratory, scheduled to begin on June 11, 2012, and last twelve days.[5] The NEEMO 16 crew successfully "splashed down" at 11:05 am on June 11.[6] On the morning of June 12, Metcalf-Lindenburger and her crewmates officially became aquanauts, having spent over 24 hours underwater.[7] The crew safely returned to the surface on June 22.[8]
Metcalf-Lindenburger retired from NASA on June 13, 2014, to live and work in the Seattle area.
STS-131Discovery (April 5 to 20, 2010), a resupply mission to the International Space Station, was launched at night from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. On arrival at the station,Discovery's crew dropped off more than 27,000 pounds of hardware, supplies and equipment, including a tank full of ammonia coolant that required three spacewalks to hook up, new crew sleeping quarters and three experiment racks. On the return journey,Leonardo, the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) insideDiscovery's payload bay, was packed with more than 6,000 pounds of hardware, science results and trash. The STS-131 mission was accomplished in 15 days, 2 hours, 47 minutes and 10 seconds and traveled 6,232,235 statute miles in 238 Earth orbits.[2]
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