Showing posts with label Kjell Lindgren. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kjell Lindgren. Show all posts

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Happy birthday, astronaut Kjell Lindgren!


Kjell Lindgren, born January 23, 1973 in Taipei, Taiwan, is a NASA astronaut and has spent 141 days on the International Space Station.  He went into space aboard Soyuz TMA-17M in July 2015 as part of Expeditions 44 and 45.  He returned to Earth in December 2015.

During the mission, he played the bagpipes aboard the ISS, a first.



Monday, July 22, 2019

Soyuz TMA-17M launched 2015

Soyuz TMA-17M crew (L-R): Oleg Kononenko, Kjell Lindgren, Kimiya Yui

Mission patch

Soyuz TMA-17M, launched  July 22, 2015, carried members of Expedition 44 to the International Space Station.  Its crew consisted of Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), Kimiya Yui (JAXA) and Kjell Lindgren (NASA).

They returned to Earth December 2015.