Steven Swanson
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| Steven Ray Swanson | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Status | Active |
| Born | December 3, 1960 Syracuse, New York |
| Other occupation | Engineer |
| Space time | 13d 20h 13m |
| Selection | 1998 NASA Group |
| Missions | STS-117 |
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Steven Ray Swanson (born December 3, 1960 in Syracuse, New York) is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 1986.[1] His first mission was STS-117, which launched June 2007. He was a mission specialist on this flight, also serving as flight engineer. He is now selected to fly on mission STS-119 in late 2008.[2]
[edit] Firefly and Serenity
Steven Swanson is a Browncoat, or fan of Joss Whedon's Serenity and Firefly. He added copies of the movie and box set of the TV series to the ISS Movie Library on STS-117 in June 2007.[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ Florida Atlantic University Stories of U.. FAU.
- ^ NASA (2007). NASA Assigns Crew for Final Solar Array Delivery to Station. NASA. Retrieved on October 19, 2007.
- ^ Breaking Atmo: Serenity to ISS on STS-117. Breaking Atmo.
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