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    Nyberg, Karen Lujean
    American scientist mission specialist astronaut 2000-2018.

    Status: Inactive; Active 2000-2018.. Born: 1969-10-07. Spaceflights: 2 . Total time in space: 180.02 days. Birth Place: Parkers Prairie, Minessota.

    Educated North Dakota; Texas.

    Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:Karen L. Nyberg (Ph.D.)
    NASA Astronaut

    PERSONAL DATA: Born on October 7, 1969.  Her hometown is Vining, Minnesota.  Married.  One child.  Recreational interests include running, sewing, drawing and painting, backpacking, piano, and spending time with her family.  Dr. Nyberg's parents, Kenneth and Phyllis Nyberg, still reside in Vining. 

    EDUCATION:  Graduated from Henning Public High School, Henning, Minnesota, 1988.  Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, University of North Dakota, 1994

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    Karen Nyberg

    Born

    Karen LuJean Nyberg


    (1969-10-07) October 7, 1969 (age 55)

    Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, U.S.

    Space career
    NASA astronaut

    Time in space

    		180d
    SelectionNASA Group 18 (2000)
    MissionsSTS-124
    Soyuz TMA-09M (Expedition 36/37)

    Mission insignia

    RetirementMarch 31, 2020

    Karen LuJean Nyberg (born October 7, 1969) is an American mechanical engineer and retired NASAastronaut. 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 expert on STS-124 and a flight engineer on Soyuz TMA-09M.

    Early life and education

    Nyberg was born on October 7, 1969, in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, to parents Kenneth and Phyllis Nyberg. She graduated from the public high school in Henning, Minnesota, in 1988.

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    About Karen

    Dr. Karen Nyberg is an engineer, astronaut, and artist who, through nearly thirty years of experience in human spaceflight, has gained an appreciation for the value of working within and across diverse political ideologies, cultural values, and world views to advance critical missions.

    Karen was selected as a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps in 2000. She made her first trip to space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 2008, during the height of International Space Station (ISS) construction, delivering and installing the Japanese Laboratory. On her second spaceflight in 2013, Karen launched on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and lived and worked at ISS for 166 days.

    Prior to astronaut selection, Karen worked as an Environmental Control Systems Engineer at the Johnson Space Center where she led several design and analysis initiatives in the areas of space vehicle and space suit thermal and environmental control.  Recently retired from NASA, Karen is currently pursuing