Steven Swanson, born December 3, 1960 in Syracuse, New York, grew up in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He is a veteran of two space shuttle missions and one Soyuz mission.
His first flight into space was aboard Atlantis (STS-117) to the International Space Station in June 2007 as mission specialist. The mission lasted almost two weeks because of bad weather, making it the longest mission for Atlantis.
Swanson's second flight was aboard Discovery (STS-119) in March 2009 to the ISS as mission specialist. He performed two EVAs during the mission.
His third and last mission was aboard Soyuz TMA-12M to the ISS as part of Expedition 39 and 40, the latter of which he served as commander. He spent 169 days in space.
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