Steven Swanson

Steven Roy Swanson is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut. Swanson has flown two shuttle flights, STS-117 and STS-119, and one Soyuz flight, TMA-12M. All of the flights were to the International Space Station. He has logged over 195 days in space and completed five spacewalks totaling 27 hours and 58 minutes. Swanson has served in other roles at NASA, such as a CAPCOM for both International Space Station and Space Shuttle missions. His awards and honors include the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and the JSC Certificate of Accommodation. Prior to becoming a NASA astronaut, Swanson worked for GTE in Phoenix, Arizona, as a software engineer. He is married and has three children. Steve claims he had the first ever Instagram posted from space.

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1960  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Steven Roy Swanson
engineer, astronaut, 

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  Soyuz TMA-12M ⓘ
  2014 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

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  STS-117 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-119 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  Expedition 39 ⓘ
  39th expedition to the International Space Station

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  Expedition 40 ⓘ
  40th expedition to the International Space Station

United States, Expedition 40, 

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STS-119 Crew Presents Montage to President Obama DVIDS840374

The Armed Forces Entertainment's Heavy Medal Tour II DVIDS299820

Olympic Silver Medalist and NASA Astronaut Visit GTMO DVIDS298594

Olympic Silver Medalist and NASA Astronaut Visit GTMO DVIDS298592

Steven Swanson

Swanson Wiseman Spacewalk Training at Johnson Space Center

Steven Swanson

Sts132 mission poster

Astronaut class of 1998

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	orbit		Soyuz TMA-12M	Aleksandr Skvortsov, Oleg Artemyev, Soyuz TMA-M, Steven Swanson, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		STS-117	Clayton Anderson, Frederick W. Sturckow, James F. Reilly, John Danny Olivas, Lee Archambault, Patrick Forrester, Steven Swanson, Sunita Williams, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		STS-119	Dominic A. Antonelli, John L. Phillips, Joseph M. Acaba, Koichi Wakata, Lee Archambault, Richard R. Arnold, Sandra Magnus, Steven Swanson, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2014	Expedition 39	Aleksandr Skvortsov, Koichi Wakata, Mikhail Tyurin, Oleg Artemyev, Richard Mastracchio, Steven Swanson, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2014	Expedition 40	Aleksandr Skvortsov, Alexander Gerst, Gregory Reid Wiseman, Maksim Surayev, Oleg Artemyev, Steven Swanson, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
commons	image		STS-119 Crew Presents Montage to President Obama DVIDS840374		Commons
commons	image		The Armed Forces Entertainment's Heavy Medal Tour II DVIDS299820		Commons
commons	image		Olympic Silver Medalist and NASA Astronaut Visit GTMO DVIDS298594		Commons
commons	image		Olympic Silver Medalist and NASA Astronaut Visit GTMO DVIDS298592		Commons
commons	image		Steven Swanson		Commons
commons	image		Swanson Wiseman Spacewalk Training at Johnson Space Center		Commons
commons	image		Steven Swanson		Commons
commons	image		Sts132 mission poster		Commons
commons	image		Astronaut class of 1998		Commons
commons	image		KSC-99pp1144		Commons