Kjell N. Lindgren
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Kjell Norwood Lindgren is an American astronaut who was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20. He launched to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 44/45 on
Official portrait, 2014
Lindgren (left) alongside crewmates Oleg Kononenko and Kimya Yui (right)
Kjell Lindgren at the Hugo Awards ceremony at Worldcon in Helsinki in 2017
Crew Dragon Demo-2
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Crew Dragon Demo-2 was the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. The spacecraft, named Endeavour, launched on May 30, 2020 on a Falcon 9 rocket, and carried NASA astronauts Doug Hurl
Kjell N. Lindgren
…returned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston to rendezvous with their families. Lindgren served as the only member of the backup crew for the SpaceX's Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission, the first test flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. He trained as backup for both crew members, NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert…
Behnken and HurleyCommercial Crew Development← SpaceX In-Flight Abort TestBoeing OFT-2 → Crew Dragon flights← SpaceX In-Flight Abort TestSpaceX Crew-1 →
Space X Demo 2 Launch
The Space X Crew Dragon approaches the International Space Station
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