Retired· NASA · American
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...
Spaceflights
3
Time in space
205days
Spacewalks
1
Spacewalking
6 h 15 m
in total
Bars drawn to scale, 0 to 8 hours
STS-106 EVA
Sep 11, 2000
Success· Flight 3
Yuri MalenchenkoRoscosmosSuccess· Flight 2
Terrence W. WilcuttNASA
Scott AltmanNASA
Boris MorukovRoscosmos
Daniel C. BurbankNASA
Richard MastracchioNASAYuri MalenchenkoRoscosmosSuccess· Flight 1
Charles J. PrecourtNASA
Eileen CollinsNASA
Carlos I. NoriegaNASA
Yelena KondakovaRoscosmos
Jean-François ClervoyESA
Michael FoaleNASAEdward 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).
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