Tracy Caldwell Dyson

January 4, 2024
Astronaut

Quick Facts

Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Full Name Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Occupation Astronaut
Date Of Birth Aug 14, 1969(1969-08-14)
Age 55
Birthplace Arcadia
Country United States
Birth City California
Horoscope Leo

Tracy Caldwell Dyson Biography

Name Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Birthday Aug 14
Birth Year 1969
Place Of Birth Arcadia
Home Town California
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Leo
Spouse George Dyson

Tracy Caldwell Dyson is one of the most popular and richest Astronaut who was born on August 14, 1969 in Arcadia, California, United States. Served with the Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station.

She served with Aleksandr Skvortsov on ISS Expedition 24.

Tracy Caldwell Dyson (born Tracy Ellen Caldwell; August 14, 1969) is an American chemist and NASA astronaut. Caldwell Dyson was a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in August 2007. She was part of the Expedition 23 and Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station between April 4, 2010 and September 25, 2010. She has completed three spacewalks, logging more than 22 hrs of EVA including work to replace a malfunctioning coolant pump.

Caldwell Dyson, the younger of two girls, was born in Arcadia, California, and later moved to Beaumont, California, in the early 1980s to attend junior high school where her father worked as an electrician. Her recreational interests include running, weight training, hiking, softball, basketball, and auto repair/maintenance. As an undergraduate, she competed in intercollegiate athletics on the CSUF Titans track team as both a sprinter and long jumper.

She married Naval Aviator George Dyson.

Tracy Caldwell Dyson Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Astronaut
House Living in own house.

Tracy Caldwell Dyson is one of the richest Astronaut from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tracy Caldwell Dyson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a chemist and researcher at University of California, Davis and University of California, Irvine.

She is the first astronaut to be born after Apollo 11, when man landed on the moon.

In a television interview on the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, she said she is the first astronaut who was born after Apollo 11.

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Who is Tracy Caldwell Dyson Dating?

According to our records, Tracy Caldwell Dyson married to George Dyson. As of December 1, 2023, Tracy Caldwell Dyson’s is not dating anyone.

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On April 4, 2010, Caldwell Dyson joined the Expedition 23 crew aboard ISS. She lifted off on April 2, 2010 from the Baikonur spaceport aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule (Soyuz TMA-18). After 176 days duty as part of the Expedition 24 crew, she returned to Earth with the Soyuz TMA-18 landing unit. She has completed three spacewalks, logging more than 22 hrs of EVA including work to replace a malfunctioning coolant pump. Together with commander Aleksandr Skvortsov and flight engineer Mikhail Korniyenko, Dyson landed in Kazakhstan on September 25, 2010.

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Tracy Ranked on the list of most popular Astronaut. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tracy Caldwell Dyson celebrates birthday on August 14 of every year.

Caldwell Dyson was assigned to, and later flew on STS-118, Space Shuttle Endeavour, on August 8–21, 2007, which was the 119th space shuttle flight, the 22nd flight to the station, and the 20th flight for Endeavour. Caldwell Dyson was assigned as Mission Specialist #1 on this flight. During the mission Endeavour’s crew successfully added another truss segment, a new gyroscope and external spare parts platform to the International Space Station. A new system that enables docked shuttles to draw electrical power from the station to extend visits to the outpost was activated successfully. A total of four spacewalks (EVAs) were performed by three crew members. Endeavour carried some 5,000 pounds of equipment and supplies to the station and returned to Earth with some 4,000 pounds of hardware and no longer needed equipment. Traveling 5.3 million miles in space, the STS-118 mission was completed in 12 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes and 34 seconds. Finally, during the flight of STS-118, Caldwell Dyson celebrated her 38th birthday in space.

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