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.
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 a...
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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.
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 scheduled to be the final flight of a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module.
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