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NASA Astronaut Kjell N. Lindgren

Kjell N. Lindgren was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2009. He most recently served as the commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 67 and 68.

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As a part of his masters studies at CSU, Dr. Lindgren conducted cardiovascular countermeasure research in the Space Physiology Lab at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.

As a part of his masters studies at CSU, Dr. Lindgren conducted cardiovascular countermeasure research in the Space Physiology Lab at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.

Lindgren spent most of his childhood abroad and returned to the U.S. to complete his education and earn a Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Colorado.

Lindgren spent most of his childhood abroad and returned to the U.S. to complete his education and earn a Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Colorado.

During Lindgren’s first spacewalk, he installed a thermal blanket on the Alpha-Magnetic Spectrometer and routed external cables.

During Lindgren's first spacewalk, he installed a thermal blanket on the Alpha-Magnetic Spectrometer and routed external cables.

(27 August 2014) Portrait of Expedition 44/45 astronaut Kjell Lindgren in EMU (Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford)

(15 September 2015) NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren operates the controls for the space station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2. Lindgren and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui moved the HTV-5 Exposed Pallet back into the vehicle’s unpressurized carrier in advance of its departure.

(6 November 2015) Extravehicular Crewmember 1 (EV1) Kjell Lindgren works to close the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS) jumper Quick Disconnects (QDs) on the P6 Truss during Extravehicular Activity 33 (EVA 33). (Credit: NASA)

(26 July 2022) Expedition 67 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren processes samples inside the Life Science Glovebox for the Immunosenescence space biology study. The experiment takes place inside the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module and explores the immunological aging of cells in weightlessness possibly informing therapies for immune system conditions humans may experience living on and off Earth.

(30 October 2015) Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui (left) and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren (right) celebrate 100 days in space. The pair received a commemorative patches for the milestone, along with one for their role as Soyuz crewmembers. The two first time spacefliers arrived at the International Space Station on July 22, 2015.

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NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 Commander Kjell Lindgren, representing NASA's Commercial Crew Program, is pictured during a training session inside a mockup of the Crew Dragon vehicle at SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

(15 February 2022) NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 Commander Kjell Lindgren, representing NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, is pictured during a training session inside a mockup of the Crew Dragon vehicle at SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

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