Karen Nyberg
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Karen LuJean Nyberg is an American mechanical engineer and retired NASA astronaut. Nyberg became the 50th woman in space on her first mission in 2008. Nyberg holds a Ph.D in mechanical engineering. She 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.
Karen Nyberg
Karen Nyberg weightless on the middeck of Discovery while docked with the ISS
STS-124
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STS-124 was a Space Shuttle mission, flown by Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station. Discovery launched on May 31, 2008, at 17:02 EDT, moved from an earlier scheduled launch date of May 25, 2008, and landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, at 11:15 EDT on June 14, 2008. Its objective was to deliver the largest module of the space station – Kibō, the Japanese Experiment Module pressurized section. The mission is also referred to as ISS-1J by the ISS program.
Kibō's pressurised module, two days after its installation, with Discovery in the background
From left to right: Chamitoff, Fossum, Ham, Kelly, Nyberg, Garan and HoshideSpace Shuttle program← STS-123STS-126 →
A crane moves Discovery toward the external tank and SRBs in high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building for STS-124.
ISS configuration after the STS-124 Mission (1J) is completed．