Steven Lindsey

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Steven Wayne Lindsey (born August 24, 1960) is a retired US Air Force officer and NASA astronaut.

Lindsey served as the Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office from September 2006 to October 2009.

Early life and education

Lindsey was born in Arcadia, California, on August 24, 1960. In 1978, he graduated from Temple City High School. Lindsey is an Eagle Scout from Troop 161. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Sciences from the United States Air Force Academy in 1982 as well as a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the US Air Force Institute of Technology in 1990.

Personal life

Diane Renee Lindsey (née Trujillo) and Lindsey live in Lafayette, Colorado.

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Military career

In 1982, Lindsey was sent as a Second Lieutenant at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He earned his pilot wings at Reese Air Force Base, Texas, in 1983, and was posted in the RF-4C Phantom II as the 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas. He served as a combat-ready pilot, instructor pilot, and academic advisor at Bergstrom from 1984 to 1987. He was chosen to attend graduate school at the United States Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where he worked in Aeronautical Engineering.

Lindsey attended the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in 1989. He was sent to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where he carried out weapons and systems testing in F-16 and F-4 aircraft. Lindsey served as the Deputy Director of Advanced Tactical Reconnaissance System Joint Test Force and as the squad's F-16 Flight Commander while being a member of the 3247th Test Squadron. In August 1993, he was selected to attend Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He was reassigned to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, as an integrated Product Team leader in the USAF SEEK EAGLE Office, where he was responsible for Air Force weapons certification for the F-16, F-111, A-10, and F-117 aircraft following graduation in June 1994. He was sent as an astronaut candidate to NASA in March 1995.

Lindsey has completed more than 4,500 hours of flying in more than 50 different models of aircraft.

NASA career

Lindsey was chosen by NASA in March 1995. He became an explorer in May 1996 and was accepted as a pilot. Lindsey began as the Astronaut Office representative in charge of flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), as well as a number of other complex upgrade initiatives. He served as the Shuttle Landing and Rollout ambassador in charge of preparing flight crews and testing orbiter landing techniques and flying characteristics between his first two flights. Lindsey served as both Deputy for Shuttle Operations and Co-Chairman of the Space Shuttle Cockpit Council, responsible for the $400 million Shuttle Cockpit Avionics Upgrade, beginning with the design, testing, and deploying crew interfaces and displays for the $400 million Shuttle Cockpit Avionics Upgrade after his second flight. He spent more than 30 years as the Chief of International Space Station Operations for the astronaut office, responsible for integrating astronaut, civil service, and contractor activities in assisting with all aspects of the International Space Station's construction, testing, crew training, and operations. He was named Chief of the Astronaut Office after the completion of STS-121. During the launch or landing of a Space Shuttle, Steven also carried out weather reconnaissance in the Shuttle Training Aircraft. When Lindsey was selected for STS-133, he ceded his position as Chief of the Astronaut Office to astronaut Peggy Whitson.

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