Space · astronaut
Karen Nyberg
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
AMERICAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
180 d 0 h
Spacewalks
0
Flights
2
2 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
AmericanBorn
07 Oct 1969First flight
31 May 2008Most recent flight
28 May 2013Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Karen LuJean Nyberg is an American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. Nyberg became the 50th woman in space on her first mission in 2008.
Nyberg started her space career in 1991 and spent a total of 180 days in space in 2008 and 2013 (as a Mission Specialist on STS-124 and a Flight Engineer on Soyuz TMA-09M).
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-09M | 28 May 2013 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-124 | 31 May 2008 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026