Ed Lu
Ed Lu | |||||||
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| 盧傑 | |||||||
| Born | Edward Tsang Lu July 1, 1963 | ||||||
| Education | Cornell University (BS) Stanford University (MS, PhD) | ||||||
| Space career | |||||||
| NASA astronaut | |||||||
Time in space | 205d 23h 18m | ||||||
| Selection | NASA Group 15 (1994) | ||||||
| Missions | STS-84 STS-106 Soyuz TMA-2 (Expedition 7) | ||||||
Mission insignia | |||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Solar physics Astrophysics | ||||||
| Thesis | The Evolution of Energetic Particles and the Emitted Radiation in Solar Flares (1989) | ||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Vahe Petrosian | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 盧傑 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 卢杰 | ||||||
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Edward Tsang "Ed" Lu (Chinese: 盧傑; pinyin: Lú Jié; born July 1, 1963) is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut. He flew on three 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 2020, he is its executive director.