Kjell N. Lindgren

Dr. Kjell Norwood Lindgren is a current NASA astronaut. Lindgren was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20. He launched to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 4445 on July 22, 2015.

Lindgren was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1973 before moving to the Midwestern United States, but he spent most of his childhood in England. He attended Lakenheath High School for a year before moving back to the United States and graduating from James W. Robinson Secondary School in 1991. After entering the United States Air Force Academy, he joined the Air Force Parachuting Team. In 1995, he received a bachelors degree in biology with a minor in Mandarin Chinese from the United States Air Force Academy. In 1996, he received a masters of science in cardiovascular physiology from Colorado State University , in part for his work completing cardiovascular countermeasure research at NASAs Space Physiology Lab. He also received a doctorate of medicine from the University of Colorado in 2002 and went on to spend a threeyear residency in emergency medicine. In 2006, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship and master of health informatics at the University of Minnesota. He also completed a maste

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