Karen Nyberg
American - (NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Oct. 7, 1969
Age: 55
Karen LuJean Nyberg is an American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. Nyberg became the 50th woman in space on her first mission in 2008. Nyberg started her space career in 1991 and spent a total of 180 days in space in 2008 and 2013 (as a Mission Specialist on STS-124 and a Flight Engineer on Soyuz TMA-09M).
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-124
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 31, 2008, 9:02 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-124 was a Space Shuttle mission, flown by Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station. Discovery launched on 31 May 2008 at 17:02 EDT, moved from an earlier scheduled launch date of 25 May 2008, and landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, at 11:15 EDT on 14 June 2008.
Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-09M
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 28, 2013, 8:31 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
Soyuz TMA-09M begins expedition 36 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin alongside Flight Engineers, Karen L. Nyberg (NASA) & Luca Parmitano (ESA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on 11 November 2013 at 02:49 UTC
Low Earth OrbitThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 11-18
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
New Shepard
NS-32
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USANS-32 is the 12th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 32nd in its history.
Falcon 9
GPS III SV08
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAEighth of ten GPS III missions.
Long March 4B
Shijian 26
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChinese experimental satellite claimed to be for "Earth observation & environmental management" purposes, details not known.
Long March 3
Tianwen-2
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaTianwen-2 is a planned Chinese asteroid sample return and comet orbiter mission due for launch in May 2025. The spacecraft will visit the Near Earth …
