Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger

Dorothy Marie Metcalf-Lindenburger, known as Dottie, is an American educator astronaut who was born on 2 May 1975 in Fort Collins, Colorado. She earned a bachelor of arts in geology from Whitman College in Washington in 1997. At the time of her selection she was a science teacher and cross country coach at Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver, Washington. NASA selected her on 6 May 2004 as part of astronaut group 19, and she served as a mission specialist. She flew once, on Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-131 from 5 to 20 April 2010, a flight lasting 15 days, 2 hours and 47 minutes. Her listed interests include marathon running, hiking, drawing, singing and playing music. She retired from NASA in April 2013.