Edward Tsang Lu by Kaia Bullard https://padlet.com/earlyssunsets/4o2z1dsfohh3 Notes en-us 2017-01-04 18:04:52 UTC 2025-11-07 23:24:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Personal (Birth, marital status, ect.) earlyssunsets https://padlet.com/earlyssunsets/4o2z1dsfohh3/wish/145337393 Born July 1, 1963, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Considers Honolulu, Hawaii, and Webster, New York, to be his home. Married. One child. He enjoys flying, wrestling, piano, tennis, surfing, skiing, and travel. His parents, Charlie and Snowlily Lu, live in Fremont, California.]]> 2017-01-04 18:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/earlyssunsets/4o2z1dsfohh3/wish/145337393 Education earlyssunsets https://padlet.com/earlyssunsets/4o2z1dsfohh3/wish/145337777 Graduated from R.L. Thomas High School, Webster, New York, in 1980. Bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, 1984. Doctorate in physics from Stanford University, 1989.]]> 2017-01-04 18:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/earlyssunsets/4o2z1dsfohh3/wish/145337777 Medals / Honors earlyssunsets https://padlet.com/earlyssunsets/4o2z1dsfohh3/wish/145339005 NASA Exceptional service medal, NASA Distinguished service medal, Gagarin medal, Komorov medal, Beregovoy medal, 3 NASA spaceflight medals.]]> 2017-01-04 18:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/earlyssunsets/4o2z1dsfohh3/wish/145339005 Experience earlyssunsets https://padlet.com/earlyssunsets/4o2z1dsfohh3/wish/145340623 From 1989 - 1992, he was a scientist at High Altitude Observatory in Boulder, Colorado. From 1992 - 1995, he was a postdoctoral scholar at the Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, Hawaii. He developed many theories about solar flares. Selected by NASA in December 1994, Lu reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995, completed a year of training and evaluation, and was qualified for assignment as a mission specialist. Lu worked in the astronaut office computer support branch, and served as lead astronaut for Space Station training, lead astronaut for Shuttle training, and was in the Exploration Branch. Lu flew as a mission specialist on STS-84 in 1997, was a mission specialist and payload commander on STS-106 in 2000, flight engineer on Soyuz TMA-2 and served as NASA ISS Science Officer and flight engineer on ISS Expedition-7 in 2003. A veteran of three space missions, Lu logged over 206 days in space, and a spacewalk totaling 6 hours and 14 minutes. In August 2007, Lu retired from NASA in order to pursue private interests.

Flights
STS-84 Atlantis (May 15-24, 1997), was NASA’s sixth Shuttle mission to rendezvous and dock with the Russian Space Station Mir. In completing this mission, Lu traveled 3.6 million miles in 144 orbits of the Earth logging a total of 9 days, 5 hours, 19 minutes, and 55 seconds in space.

STS -106 Atlantis (September 8-20, 2000). During the 12-day mission, the crew successfully prepared the International Space Station for the arrival of the first permanent crew. The five astronauts and two cosmonauts delivered more than 6,600 pounds of supplies and installed batteries, power converters, life support, and exercise equipment on the Space Station. Ed Lu and Yuri Malenchenko performed a 6 hour and 14 minute space walk in order to connect power, data and communications cables to the newly arrived Zvezda Service Module and the Space Station. STS-106 orbited the Earth 185 times, and covered 4.9 million miles in 11 days, 19 hours, and 10 minutes.

ISS Expedition-7 (April 25 to October 27, 2003). Dr. Lu was the first American to launch as the Flight Engineer of a Soyuz spacecraft, and the first American to launch and land on a Soyuz spacecraft (Soyuz TMA-2). As Flight Engineer and NASA ISS Science Officer Dr. Lu spent a successful 6-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station maintaining ISS systems and overseeing science operations. In completing this mission, Dr. Lu logged 184 days, 21 hours and 47 minutes in space.

]]> 2017-01-04 18:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/earlyssunsets/4o2z1dsfohh3/wish/145340623 Great job, Kaia! wandakindell https://padlet.com/earlyssunsets/4o2z1dsfohh3/wish/145586501 2017-01-05 19:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/earlyssunsets/4o2z1dsfohh3/wish/145586501