Dorothy M. "Dottie" Metcalf-Lindenburger
Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger was selected by NASA as a Mission Specialist in May 2004. In February 2006, Metcalf-Lindenburger completed Astronaut Candidate Training, which included scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in shuttle and International Space Station systems, physiological training, T-38 flight training and water and wilderness survival training. Completion of this initial training qualified her for technical assignments within the Astronaut Office and future flight assignment. Metcalf-Lindenburger served as the Astronaut Office Station Branch lead for systems and crew interfaces. In 2010, she was a Mission Specialist on the crew of STS-131 and logged more than 362 hours in space.
In June 2012, Metcalf-Lindenburger commanded NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 16. In this underwater habitat, the international crew of four aquanauts and two habitat technicians carried out simulated spacewalks to investigate the techniques and tools that may be used at a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA). Additionally, they operated under a 50-second, one‑way communication delay and conducted educational and public live video appearances.
STS-131/Discovery (April 5 to April 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) inside Discovery’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, 02 hours, 47 minutes and 10 seconds and traveled 6,232,235 statute miles in 238 orbits.
Metcalf-Lindenburger is one of three educator mission specialists selected by NASA. She had five years of teaching Earth Science and Astronomy at Hudson’s Bay High School in Vancouver, Washington. Walla Walla, Wash., 4 April 2016.
Dorothy M. "Dottie" Metcalf-Lindenburger
Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger was selected by NASA as a Mission Specialist in May 2004. In February 2006, Metcalf-Lindenburger completed Astronaut Candidate Training, which included scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in shuttle and International Space Station systems, physiological training, T-38 flight training and water and wilderness survival training. Completion of this initial training qualified her for technical assignments within the Astronaut Office and future flight assignment. Metcalf-Lindenburger served as the Astronaut Office Station Branch lead for systems and crew interfaces. In 2010, she was a Mission Specialist on the crew of STS-131 and logged more than 362 hours in space.
In June 2012, Metcalf-Lindenburger commanded NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 16. In this underwater habitat, the international crew of four aquanauts and two habitat technicians carried out simulated spacewalks to investigate the techniques and tools that may be used at a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA). Additionally, they operated under a 50-second, one‑way communication delay and conducted educational and public live video appearances.
STS-131/Discovery (April 5 to April 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) inside Discovery’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, 02 hours, 47 minutes and 10 seconds and traveled 6,232,235 statute miles in 238 orbits.
Metcalf-Lindenburger is one of three educator mission specialists selected by NASA. She had five years of teaching Earth Science and Astronomy at Hudson’s Bay High School in Vancouver, Washington. Walla Walla, Wash., 4 April 2016.