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Ed Lu

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AMERICAN RETIRED

Career

Time in space

205 d 23 h

Spacewalks

6 h 15 m outside

Flights

3 landings

Status

Retired

Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nationality

American

Born

01 Jul 1963

First flight

15 May 1997

Most recent flight

26 Apr 2003

Type

Government

Links

Wikipedia

Biography

Edward Tsang "Ed" Lu (simplified Chinese: 卢杰; traditional Chinese: 盧傑; pinyin: Lú Jié) is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut. He flew on two Space Shuttle flights, and made an extended stay aboard the International Space Station.

In 2007, Lu retired from NASA to become the program manager of Google's Advanced Projects Team. In 2002, while still at NASA, Lu co-founded the B612 Foundation, dedicated to protecting the Earth from asteroid strikes, later serving as its chairman. As of 2014, he is currently its chief executive officer (CEO).

Flight log

Flights

3 TOTAL

No.	Flight	Date
03	Soyuz-FG \| Soyuz TMA-2	26 Apr 2003
02	Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 \| STS-106	08 Sept 2000
01	Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 \| STS-84	15 May 1997

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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2 Last checked 29 Sept 2026

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