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Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger
NASA Astronaut
Born	May 15, 1975 (1975-05-15) (age 34) Colorado Springs, Colorado
Other occupation	Teacher
Selection	2004 NASA Group

Dorothy Marie "Dottie" Metcalf-Lindenburger was born on May 2, 1975 in Colorado Springs, Colorado and married Jason Metcalf-Lindenburger, a seventh grade teacher at the time, in 2000. She was selected in 2004 as an Educator Mission Specialist.

Education

• Fort Collins High School, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Bachelor of Arts, Geology with honors and cum laude, Whitman College, Washington, 1997.

Organization

• Phi Beta Kappa
• National Education Association

Honors

• 2007 Space Camp Hall of Fame Inaugural Inductee^[1]
• 1999 Outstanding Teacher Preparation Candidate at Central Washington University.
• 1997 Whitman College Leed's Geology Award
• 1997 Whitman College Order of the Waiilaptu
• 1996 GSA Field Camp Award
• 1995-1996 NAIA Academic All-American in Cross Country and Track
• 1996 NAIA Conference Champion in the 10K.

Experience

• Five years of teaching earth science and astronomy at Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver, Washington.
• Three years of coaching cross-country at the high school level, and two years of coaching Science Olympiad.
• Undergraduate research with the KECK Consortium for two summers:
  • 1995 in Wyoming mapping the last glaciations of Russell Creek, and
  • 1996 mapping and determining the petrology of the rocks in the Wet Mountain region of Colorado.
    Both research positions led to publications.

NASA experience

Selected by NASA in May 2004 as an Astronaut Candidate. Astronaut Candidate Training includes orientation briefings and tours, numerous scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in Shuttle and International Space Station systems, physiological training, T-38 flight training, and water and wilderness survival training. Successful completion of this training in February 2006 qualified her as a NASA Astronaut and she is now serving various technical assignments within the Astronaut Office while awaiting assignment to a spaceflight.

She is currently training as a Mission Specialist on STS-131, scheduled for launch in 2010. The mission's primary payload is the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module.

On July 20, 2009, Metcalf-Lindenburger sang the National Anthem at the Houston Astros game against the St. Louis Cardinals in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

References

External links

• Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger NASA Biography
• Spacefacts biography of Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
• Collection of Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger photos