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Karen Nyberg's hometown is [[Vining, Minnesota|Vining]], Minnesota. She is married to astronaut [[Douglas Hurley]]. They have a son. Her recreational interests include running, sewing, drawing and painting, backpacking, piano, and spending time with her family. Karen’s parents, Kenneth & Phyllis Nyberg, still reside in Vining.<ref name="NASABio"/> |
Karen Nyberg's hometown is [[Vining, Minnesota|Vining]], Minnesota. She is married to astronaut [[Douglas Hurley]]. They have a son. Her recreational interests include running, sewing, drawing and painting, backpacking, piano, and spending time with her family. Karen’s parents, Kenneth & Phyllis Nyberg, still reside in Vining.<ref name="NASABio"/> |
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She worked at [[Johnson Space Center]] from 1991 to 1995 and received a patent for work she completed in 1991 on Robot Friendly Probe and Socket Assembly. In 1998, on completing her doctorate, she accepted a position with the Crew and Thermal Systems Division, working as an Environmental Control Systems Engineer to improve space suit thermal control systems and evaluate firefighter suit cooling technologies. She also provided conceptual designs of the thermal control system for the Advanced Mars and Lunar Lander Mission studies, and environmental control system analysis for a collapsible hyperbaric chamber.<ref name="NASABio" /><ref name="NEEMOBio" /> |
She worked at [[Johnson Space Center]] from 1991 to 1995 and received a patent for work she completed in 1991 on Robot Friendly Probe and Socket Assembly. In 1998, on completing her doctorate, she accepted a position with the Crew and Thermal Systems Division, working as an Environmental Control Systems Engineer to improve space suit thermal control systems and evaluate firefighter suit cooling technologies. She also provided conceptual designs of the thermal control system for the Advanced Mars and Lunar Lander Mission studies, and environmental control system analysis for a collapsible hyperbaric chamber.<ref name="NASABio" /><ref name="NEEMOBio" /> |
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She was selected as an Astronaut Candidate by NASA in July 2000 and after two years of training and evaluation, she qualified as a Mission Specialist and was assigned for technical duties in the Astronaut Office Station Operations Branch where she served as Crew Support Astronaut for the [[Expedition 6]] crew during their six-month mission aboard the [[International Space Station]]. In July 2006, Nyberg took part in [[NEEMO#NEEMO 10: July 22–28, 2006|NEEMO 10]], a deep-sea training and simulation exercise at the [[Aquarius (laboratory)|Aquarius]] [[Underwater habitat|underwater laboratory]] to help NASA prepare for the return of astronauts to the [[moon]] and eventual manned missions to [[Mars]]. Nyberg and her crewmates lived and worked underwater for seven days.<ref name="ten">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NEEMO/NEEMO10/index.html|title=NASA Uses Undersea Lab to Prep for Future Space Exploration |accessdate=2011-09-23|publisher=NASA|year=2006|author=NASA}}</ref><ref name="NEEMO10">{{cite web|title=NASA Space Simulation and Training Project: NEEMO 10|date=2010-05-18 |url=http://aquarius.uncw.edu/archive/2006/07_2006/expd.htm|accessdate=2011-09-23}}</ref> |
She was selected as an Astronaut Candidate by NASA in July 2000 and after two years of training and evaluation, she qualified as a Mission Specialist and was assigned for technical duties in the Astronaut Office Station Operations Branch where she served as Crew Support Astronaut for the [[Expedition 6]] crew during their six-month mission aboard the [[International Space Station]]. In July 2006, Nyberg took part in [[NEEMO#NEEMO 10: July 22–28, 2006|NEEMO 10]], a deep-sea training and simulation exercise at the [[Aquarius (laboratory)|Aquarius]] [[Underwater habitat|underwater laboratory]] to help NASA prepare for the return of astronauts to the [[moon]] and eventual manned missions to [[Mars]]. Nyberg and her crewmates lived and worked underwater for seven days.<ref name="ten">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NEEMO/NEEMO10/index.html|title=NASA Uses Undersea Lab to Prep for Future Space Exploration |accessdate=2011-09-23|publisher=NASA|year=2006|author=NASA}}</ref><ref name="NEEMO10">{{cite web|title=NASA Space Simulation and Training Project: NEEMO 10|date=2010-05-18 |url=http://aquarius.uncw.edu/archive/2006/07_2006/expd.htm|accessdate=2011-09-23}}</ref> |
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Karen L. Nyberg | |
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| Born | October 7, 1969 |
| Status | Active |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Mechanical Engineer |
| Space career | |
| NASA Astronaut | |
Time in space | 13d 18h 13m 7s |
| Selection | 2000 NASA Group |
| Missions | STS-124 |
Mission insignia |  |
Karen LuJean Nyberg (born October 7, 1969) is an American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. Nyberg was the 50th woman in space.
Personal
Karen Nyberg's hometown is Vining, Minnesota. She is married to astronaut Douglas Hurley. They have a son. Her recreational interests include running, sewing, drawing and painting, backpacking, piano, and spending time with her family. Karen’s parents, Kenneth & Phyllis Nyberg, still reside in Vining.[1]
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Education
Nyberg graduated summa cum laude with a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of North Dakota in 1994. She continued her collegiate studies at the University of Texas at Austin. There her graduate research was centered on human thermoregulation and experimental metabolic testing and control, focusing on the control of thermal neutrality in space suits. This work, performed at the Austin BioHeat Transfer Laboratory, led to her doctorate in 1998.[1][2]
NASA career
She worked at Johnson Space Center from 1991 to 1995 and received a patent for work she completed in 1991 on Robot Friendly Probe and Socket Assembly. In 1998, on completing her doctorate, she accepted a position with the Crew and Thermal Systems Division, working as an Environmental Control Systems Engineer to improve space suit thermal control systems and evaluate firefighter suit cooling technologies. She also provided conceptual designs of the thermal control system for the Advanced Mars and Lunar Lander Mission studies, and environmental control system analysis for a collapsible hyperbaric chamber.[1][2]
She was selected as an Astronaut Candidate by NASA in July 2000 and after two years of training and evaluation, she qualified as a Mission Specialist and was assigned for technical duties in the Astronaut Office Station Operations Branch where she served as Crew Support Astronaut for the Expedition 6 crew during their six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. In July 2006, Nyberg took part in NEEMO 10, a deep-sea training and simulation exercise at the Aquarius underwater laboratory to help NASA prepare for the return of astronauts to the moon and eventual manned missions to Mars. Nyberg and her crewmates lived and worked underwater for seven days.[3][4]
Nyberg served on the crew of STS-124 which flew to the International Space Station in May 2008. This was the second of three flights to deliver components to complete the Japanese Kibō laboratory.[1] In May 2009, she was assigned to the crew of the STS-132 mission (which launched in May 2010),[5] but had to be replaced three months later due to a temporary medical condition.[6] Nyberg then served in a technical role until she received her next assignment, as a flight engineer on the Expedition 36/37 crews. She is scheduled to fly to the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-09M on 28 May 2013.
Awards and honors
She has won a host of awards including the UND Young Alumni Achievement Award (2004), Space Act Award (1993); NASA JSC Patent Application Award (1993); NASA Tech Briefs Award (1993); NASA JSC Cooperative Education Special Achievement Award (1994); Joyce Medalen Society of Women Engineers Award (1993–94); D.J. Robertson Award of Academic Achievement (1992) and University of North Dakota School of Engineering & Mines Meritorious Service Award (1991–1992).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Astronaut Bio: Karen L. Nyberg". April 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
- ^ a b "Karen Nyberg". 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
- ^ NASA (2006). "NASA Uses Undersea Lab to Prep for Future Space Exploration". NASA. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ^ "NASA Space Simulation and Training Project: NEEMO 10". 2010-05-18. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ^ NASA Assigns Crew for STS-132 Space Shuttle Mission NASA release : 09-105 - May 14, 2009
- ^ NASA Assigns Crew for STS-134 Shuttle Mission, Change to STS-132 NASA release : 09-187 - August 11, 2009
External links
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- American astronauts
- American mechanical engineers
- Aquanauts
- Female astronauts
- People from Otter Tail County, Minnesota
- Space systems engineers
- University of North Dakota alumni
- University of Texas at Austin alumni