Background
Lindgren was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1973 before moving to the Midwestern United States, but he spent most of his childhood in England.
Lindgren was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1973 before moving to the Midwestern United States, but he spent most of his childhood in England.
He attended Lakenheath High School for a year before moving back to the United States and graduating from James West. Robinson Secondary School in 1991.
He launched to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Expedition 44/45 on July 22, 2015. After entering the United States Air Force Academy, he joined the Air Force Parachuting Team. In 1995, he received a bachelor"s degree in biology with a minor in Mandarin Chinese from the United States Air Force Academy.
In 1996, he received a masters of science in cardiovascular physiology from Colorado State University (Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union)), in part for his work completing cardiovascular countermeasure research at National Aeronautics and Space Administration"s Space Physiology Laboratory
He also received a doctorate of medicine from the University of Colorado in 2002 and went on to spend a three-year residency in emergency medicine. In 2006, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship and master of health informatics (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) at the University of Minnesota.
He also completed a master of public health at the University of Texas Medical Branch in 2007 and a residency in aerospace medicine in 2008. He began working for National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the Johnson Space Center in 2007.
He went on to support ISS training operation at Star City, Russia and became the deputy crew surgeon for STS-130 and Expedition 24.
Following training, he worked in the Spacecraft Communicator and Extravehicular Activity branches of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and he was the Spacecraft Communicator lead for Expedition 30. In 2013, he received training at the Gagarin Space Center which allowed him to serve as part of the backup crew for Expedition 42/Expedition 43 which launched on Soyuz Turnaround Management Association-15M. He was later assigned to Expedition 44/Expedition 45 as a flight engineer and mission specialist which was launched to the ISS aboard Soyuz Turnaround Management Association-17M on July 22, 2015. This was his first visit to the ISS. He returned to Earth on December 11, 2015.
Lindgren was selected in June 2009 as a member of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astronaut Group 20. In June 2009, he became a member of National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astronaut Group 20 and completed his two years of training in 2011.