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| name =Edward T. Lu <br> 盧傑
| name =Edward T. Lu
| native_name = 盧傑
| image =Edward Tsang Lu.jpg
| image =Edward Tsang Lu.jpg
| type =[[NASA]] Astronaut
| type =[[NASA]] Astronaut
| status = Retired
| status = Retired
| nationality =[[United States|American]]
| nationality =[[United States|American]]
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1963|07|01}}
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1963|07|01}}
| date_death =
| death_date =
| birth_place =[[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], [[Massachusetts]]
| birth_place =[[Springfield, Massachusetts]],
| death_place =
| death_place =
| occupation =[[Physicist]]
| occupation =[[Physicist]]
| rank =
| selection =[[List of astronauts by selection#1994|1994 NASA Group]]
| selection =[[List of astronauts by selection#1994|1994 NASA Group]]
| time =205d 23h 18m
| =205d 23h 18m
| mission =[[STS-84]], [[STS-106]], [[Soyuz TMA-2]] ([[Expedition 7]])
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|}}
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'''Edward Tsang "Ed" Lu''' ({{zh|c=盧傑|p=Lú Jié}}; born July 1, 1963) is a [[United States|U.S.]] [[physicist]] and a former [[NASA]] [[astronaut]]. He is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and an extended stay aboard the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu">
'''Edward Tsang "Ed" Lu''' ({{zh|c=盧傑|p=Lú Jié}}; born July 1, 1963) is a [[United States|U.S.]] [[physicist]] and a former [[NASA]] [[astronaut]]. He is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and an extended stay aboard the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu">
{{Cite web
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| url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lu.html
| url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lu.html
| title=Ed Lu Biography
| title=Ed Lu Biography
| accessdate=October 6, 2008
| accessdate=October 6, 2008
| publisher=[[NASA]]
| publisher=[[NASA]]
| author=NASA
| author=NASA
| year=2000}}</ref>
| year=2000
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In 2007 Lu retired from NASA to become the Program Manager on [[Google]]'s [[Project Ara|Advanced Projects Team]].<ref name="NASA-Press Release: 07-176" /><ref name="Silicon Valley News-2012.06.06">
In 2007 Lu retired from NASA to become the Program Manager on [[Google]]'s [[Project Ara|Advanced Projects Team]].<ref name="NASA-Press Release: 07-176" /><ref name="Silicon Valley News-2012.06.06">
{{cite web
{{cite web
| url=http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_20796152/google-unveils-new-maps-features-amid-fight-apple
| url=http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_20796152/google-unveils-new-maps-features-amid-fight-apple
| date=June 6, 2012
| date=June 6, 2012
| publisher= Silicon Valley News
| publisher= Silicon Valley News
| title= Google Unveils New Maps Features Amid Apple Fight
| title= Google Unveils New Maps Features Amid Apple Fight
| accessdate = July 1, 2012
| accessdate=July 1, 2012}}</ref> While still at NASA during 2002 Lu co-founded the [[B612 Foundation]], dedicated to protecting the Earth from [[Impact events|asteroid strikes]], later serving as its Chair. As of 2014 he is currently its [[Chief Executive Officer]].<ref name="B612-bio Ed Lu">[http://sentinelmission.org/portfolio/ed-lu/ Our Team | Ed Lu, CEO and Co-Founder], [[B612 Foundation]], SentinelMission.org website. Retrieved June 29, 2014.</ref><ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu" />
}}</ref> While still at NASA during 2002 Lu co-founded the [[B612 Foundation]], dedicated to protecting the Earth from [[Impact events|asteroid strikes]], later serving as its Chair. As of 2014 he is currently its [[Chief Executive Officer]].<ref name="B612-bio Ed Lu">[http://sentinelmission.org/portfolio/ed-lu/ Our Team | Ed Lu, CEO and Co-Founder], [[B612 Foundation]], SentinelMission.org website. Retrieved June 29, 2014.</ref><ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu" />


== Education ==
== Education ==


Raised in [[Webster, New York]], to a Chinese family. Lu attended R. L. Thomas High School, where he was a member of the wrestling team and graduated in 1980. Later, Lu earned a degree in electrical engineering from [[Cornell University]] where he lettered in wrestling. He then received a doctoral degree in applied physics from [[Stanford University]] in 1989.<ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu" /> Lu is a member of the Psi chapter of [[Pi Kappa Phi]] fraternity at Cornell.
Raised in [[Webster, New York]], to a Chinese family. Lu attended R. L. Thomas High School, where he was a member of the wrestling team and graduated in 1980. Later, Lu earned a degree in electrical engineering from [[Cornell University]] where he lettered in wrestling. He then received a doctoral degree in applied physics from [[Stanford University]] in 1989.<ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu" /> Lu is a member of the Psi chapter of [[Pi Kappa Phi]] fraternity at Cornell.


Lu became a specialist in [[solar physics]] and did postdoctoral work at the [[Institute for Astronomy]] in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] before being selected for the [[NASA Astronaut Corps]] in 1994.<ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu" />
Lu became a specialist in [[solar physics]] and did postdoctoral work at the [[Institute for Astronomy]] in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] before being selected for the [[NASA Astronaut Corps]] in 1994.<ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu" />
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== NASA career ==
== NASA career ==


Lu flew on [[space shuttle]] missions [[STS-84]] in 1997 and [[STS-106]] in 2000, in which he carried out a six-hour spacewalk to perform construction work on the International Space Station. Having been flight engineer on [[Soyuz TMA-2]], Lu spent six months in space in 2003 as part of [[Expedition 7|ISS Expedition 7]], with cosmonaut [[Yuri Malenchenko]].<ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu" />
Lu flew on [[space shuttle]] missions [[STS-84]] in 1997 and [[STS-106]] in 2000, in which he carried out a six-hour spacewalk to perform construction work on the International Space Station. Having been flight engineer on [[Soyuz TMA-2]], Lu spent six months in space in 2003 as part of [[Expedition 7|ISS Expedition 7]], with cosmonaut [[Yuri Malenchenko]].<ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu" />


In July 2003, Lu and Malenchenko answered questions from students participating in Japan's [[NASDA]] special educational event, where Ed Lu performed ''[[Happy Birthday to You|Happy Birthday]]'' on an electronic piano for a student's birthday in the live broadcast from space.<ref>[http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/video/station/expedition7/ndxpage3.html Expedition 7 Video Index<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/video/station/expedition7/net56/nasda2_56.asf</ref> He had demonstrated the difficulty of playing the piano instrument in space during a live in-orbit interview with CBS News and NASA TV video feed.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULrx5J0WfgQ Piano in space - YouTube<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Also on this ISS mission on 15 October 2003, Lu communicated with the crewman of China's first manned mission into space, [[Yang Liwei]], flying aboard [[Shenzhou 5]]. Lu congratulated the Chinese for the achievement and said in ''[[Putonghua]]'': ''"Welcome to space. Have a safe journey"''. Malenchenko added: ''"I love to have somebody else in space instead of (just) me and Ed"''.<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/missions/shuttle/iss_china.html NASA - Expedition 7 Crew Members Welcome China to Space<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
In July 2003, Lu and Malenchenko answered questions from students participating in Japan's [[NASDA]] special educational event, where Ed Lu performed ''[[Happy Birthday to You|Happy Birthday]]'' on an electronic piano for a student's birthday in the live broadcast from space.<ref>[http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/video/station/expedition7/ndxpage3.html Expedition 7 Video Index<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/video/station/expedition7/net56/nasda2_56.asf</ref> He had demonstrated the difficulty of playing the piano instrument in space during a live in-orbit interview with CBS News and NASA TV video feed.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULrx5J0WfgQ Piano in space YouTube<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Also on this ISS mission on 15 October 2003, Lu communicated with the crewman of China's first manned mission into space, [[Yang Liwei]], flying aboard [[Shenzhou 5]]. Lu congratulated the Chinese for the achievement and said in ''[[Putonghua]]'': ''"Welcome to space. Have a safe journey"''. Malenchenko added: ''"I love to have somebody else in space instead of (just) me and Ed"''.<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/missions/shuttle/iss_china.html NASA Expedition 7 Crew Members Welcome China to Space<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


While still employed at NASA, Lu co-founded the [[B612 Foundation]] along with former astronaut [[Rusty Schweickart]] and scientists Clark Chapman and [[Piet Hut]]. It has conducted two lines of related research to help detect asteroids that could one day strike the Earth, and find the technological means for asteroid deflection. The foundation's current goal is to design and build a privately financed asteroid-finding space telescope, Sentinel, to be launched in 2017–2018. The Sentinel's infrared telescope, once parked in an orbit similar to that of Venus, will help identify asteroids and other near-Earth objects (NEOs) that pose a risk of collision with Earth.<ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu" />
While still employed at NASA, Lu co-founded the [[B612 Foundation]] along with former astronaut [[Rusty Schweickart]] and scientists Clark Chapman and [[Piet Hut]]. It has conducted two lines of related research to help detect asteroids that could one day strike the Earth, and find the technological means for asteroid deflection. The foundation's current goal is to design and build a privately financed asteroid-finding space telescope, Sentinel, to be launched in 2017–2018. The Sentinel's infrared telescope, once parked in an orbit similar to that of Venus, will help identify asteroids and other near-Earth objects (NEOs) that pose a risk of collision with Earth.<ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu" />
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== Magic trick in space==
== Magic trick in space==


While on the ISS, Lu teamed up with magician [[James Randi]] (founder of [[JREF]]) to perform a card trick in outer space. Randi asked Lu to (without looking) select a card from the middle of a brand new freshly shuffled deck of cards, turn it around and reinsert the card into the deck the opposite direction. Then place the deck of cards back into its box then take them out again and fan the cards to the camera. This same procedure was being done by Randi back on Earth at the JREF headquarters in front of witnesses from the Miami Herald. Both Randi and Lu successfully selected the same card, the seven of diamonds. The remaining cards were jettisoned for weight reasons before returning to Earth, but Lu smuggled the card home. The two cards complete with autographs are framed for public view at the JREF offices in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Randi asks Lu "What are the odds that we would both choose the same card?" Lu answers "Knowing you and your tricky ways, the odds were one in one, because it's a trick!"<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A4331A80BD0B002F Card Trick in Space ~ Ed Lu & Randi - YouTube<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
While on the ISS, Lu teamed up with magician [[James Randi]] (founder of [[JREF]]) to perform a card trick in outer space. Randi asked Lu to (without looking) select a card from the middle of a brand new freshly shuffled deck of cards, turn it around and reinsert the card into the deck the opposite direction. Then place the deck of cards back into its box then take them out again and fan the cards to the camera. This same procedure was being done by Randi back on Earth at the JREF headquarters in front of witnesses from the Miami Herald. Both Randi and Lu successfully selected the same card, the seven of diamonds. The remaining cards were jettisoned for weight reasons before returning to Earth, but Lu smuggled the card home. The two cards complete with autographs are framed for public view at the JREF offices in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Randi asks Lu "What are the odds that we would both choose the same card?" Lu answers "Knowing you and your tricky ways, the odds were one in one, because it's a trick!"<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A4331A80BD0B002F Card Trick in Space ~ Ed Lu & Randi YouTube<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


== After NASA ==
== After NASA ==


On August 10, 2007, Lu announced he was retiring from NASA to work at [[Google]].<ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu" /><ref name="NASA-Press Release: 07-176">
On August 10, 2007, Lu announced he was retiring from NASA to work at [[Google]].<ref name="NASA-bio Ed Lu" /><ref name="NASA-Press Release: 07-176">
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In June 2010, Lu left Google and worked out of the Sunfire Offices.<ref>[http://www.sunfire-offices.com/people Sunfire Offices<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In September 2011, Lu joined [[Liquid Robotics]] as Chief of Innovative Applications, where his work includes outreach to promote new applications for ocean science,{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} and in 2012, he joined Hover Inc. as its Chief Technology Officer.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_20796152/google-unveils-new-maps-features-amid-fight-apple|date=June 6, 2012 | publisher= Silicon Valley News | title= Google Unveils New Maps Features Amid Apple Fight|accessdate=July 1, 2012}}</ref>
In June 2010, Lu left Google and worked out of the Sunfire Offices.<ref>[http://www.sunfire-offices.com/people Sunfire Offices<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In September 2011, Lu joined [[Liquid Robotics]] as Chief of Innovative Applications, where his work includes outreach to promote new applications for ocean science,{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} and in 2012, he joined Hover Inc. as its Chief Technology Officer.<ref>{{cite web url=http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_20796152/google-unveils-new-maps-features-amid-fight-apple|date=June 6, 2012 |publisher=Silicon Valley News |title= Google Unveils New Maps Features Amid Apple Fight|accessdate=July 1, 2012}}</ref>


On June 28, 2012, Lu, with Apollo 9 Astronaut [[Rusty Schweickart]] and [[G. Scott Hubbard]], Astronautics professor at [[Stanford University]] announced plans to build and operate the first [[Private spaceflight|privately]]-funded deep space mission called [[Sentinel (space telescope)|Sentinel]]. Their non-profit [[B612 Foundation]] will launch an [[Infrared astronomy|infrared]] [[space telescope]] in orbit around the Sun, where from a distance as great as {{convert|270,000,000|km|sp=us}} from Earth, where it would detect and track asteroids and other [[near-Earth object]]s posing threats to the planet.
On June 28, 2012, Lu, with Apollo 9 Astronaut [[Rusty Schweickart]] and [[G. Scott Hubbard]], Astronautics professor at [[Stanford University]] announced plans to build and operate the first [[Private spaceflight|privately]]-funded deep space mission called [[Sentinel (space telescope)|Sentinel]]. Their non-profit [[B612 Foundation]] will launch an [[Infrared astronomy|infrared]] [[space telescope]] in orbit around the Sun, where from a distance as great as {{convert|270,000,000|km|sp=us}} from Earth, where it would detect and track asteroids and other [[near-Earth object]]s posing threats to the planet.
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== References ==
== References ==

{{Include-NASA}}
{{Include-NASA}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==

* [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lu.html NASA biography: Ed Lu]
* [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lu.html NASA biography: Ed Lu]
* [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp7/luletters/index.html Dr. Lu's Space Blog] written from during Expedition 7
* [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp7/luletters/index.html Dr. Lu's Space Blog] written from during Expedition 7
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Edward T. Lu
盧傑
Born (1963-07-01) July 1, 1963 (age 61)
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
StatusRetired
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhysicist
Space career
NASA Astronaut
Time in space
205d 23h 18m
Selection1994 NASA Group
MissionsSTS-84, STS-106, Soyuz TMA-2 (Expedition 7)
Mission insignia

Edward Tsang "Ed" Lu (Chinese: 盧傑; pinyin: Lú Jié; born July 1, 1963) is a U.S. physicist and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station.[1]

In 2007 Lu retired from NASA to become the Program Manager on Google's Advanced Projects Team.[2][3] While still at NASA during 2002 Lu co-founded the B612 Foundation, dedicated to protecting the Earth from asteroid strikes, later serving as its Chair. As of 2014 he is currently its Chief Executive Officer.[4][1]

Education

Raised in Webster, New York, to a Chinese family. Lu attended R. L. Thomas High School, where he was a member of the wrestling team and graduated in 1980. Later, Lu earned a degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University where he lettered in wrestling. He then received a doctoral degree in applied physics from Stanford University in 1989.[1] Lu is a member of the Psi chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity at Cornell.

Lu became a specialist in solar physics and did postdoctoral work at the Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, Hawaii before being selected for the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1994.[1]

NASA career

Lu flew on space shuttle missions STS-84 in 1997 and STS-106 in 2000, in which he carried out a six-hour spacewalk to perform construction work on the International Space Station. Having been flight engineer on Soyuz TMA-2, Lu spent six months in space in 2003 as part of ISS Expedition 7, with cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.[1]

In July 2003, Lu and Malenchenko answered questions from students participating in Japan's NASDA special educational event, where Ed Lu performed Happy Birthday on an electronic piano for a student's birthday in the live broadcast from space.[5][6] He had demonstrated the difficulty of playing the piano instrument in space during a live in-orbit interview with CBS News and NASA TV video feed.[7] Also on this ISS mission on 15 October 2003, Lu communicated with the crewman of China's first manned mission into space, Yang Liwei, flying aboard Shenzhou 5. Lu congratulated the Chinese for the achievement and said in Putonghua: "Welcome to space. Have a safe journey". Malenchenko added: "I love to have somebody else in space instead of (just) me and Ed".[8]

While still employed at NASA, Lu co-founded the B612 Foundation along with former astronaut Rusty Schweickart and scientists Clark Chapman and Piet Hut. It has conducted two lines of related research to help detect asteroids that could one day strike the Earth, and find the technological means for asteroid deflection. The foundation's current goal is to design and build a privately financed asteroid-finding space telescope, Sentinel, to be launched in 2017–2018. The Sentinel's infrared telescope, once parked in an orbit similar to that of Venus, will help identify asteroids and other near-Earth objects (NEOs) that pose a risk of collision with Earth.[1]

Magic trick in space

While on the ISS, Lu teamed up with magician James Randi (founder of JREF) to perform a card trick in outer space. Randi asked Lu to (without looking) select a card from the middle of a brand new freshly shuffled deck of cards, turn it around and reinsert the card into the deck the opposite direction. Then place the deck of cards back into its box then take them out again and fan the cards to the camera. This same procedure was being done by Randi back on Earth at the JREF headquarters in front of witnesses from the Miami Herald. Both Randi and Lu successfully selected the same card, the seven of diamonds. The remaining cards were jettisoned for weight reasons before returning to Earth, but Lu smuggled the card home. The two cards complete with autographs are framed for public view at the JREF offices in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Randi asks Lu "What are the odds that we would both choose the same card?" Lu answers "Knowing you and your tricky ways, the odds were one in one, because it's a trick!"[9]

After NASA

On August 10, 2007, Lu announced he was retiring from NASA to work at Google.[1][2]

In June 2010, Lu left Google and worked out of the Sunfire Offices.[10] In September 2011, Lu joined Liquid Robotics as Chief of Innovative Applications, where his work includes outreach to promote new applications for ocean science,[citation needed] and in 2012, he joined Hover Inc. as its Chief Technology Officer.[11]

On June 28, 2012, Lu, with Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart and G. Scott Hubbard, Astronautics professor at Stanford University announced plans to build and operate the first privately-funded deep space mission called Sentinel. Their non-profit B612 Foundation will launch an infrared space telescope in orbit around the Sun, where from a distance as great as 270,000,000 kilometers (170,000,000 mi) from Earth, where it would detect and track asteroids and other near-Earth objects posing threats to the planet.

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g NASA (2000). "Ed Lu Biography". NASA. Retrieved October 6, 2008.
  2. ^ a b Beutel (2007-08-10). "Astronaut Ed Lu Leaves NASA". NASA. Retrieved 2007-08-12. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |firs t= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Google Unveils New Maps Features Amid Apple Fight". Silicon Valley News. June 6, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  4. ^ Our Team | Ed Lu, CEO and Co-Founder, B612 Foundation, SentinelMission.org website. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  5. ^ Expedition 7 Video Index
  6. ^ http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/video/station/expedition7/net56/nasda2_56.asf
  7. ^ Piano in space – YouTube
  8. ^ NASA – Expedition 7 Crew Members Welcome China to Space
  9. ^ Card Trick in Space ~ Ed Lu & Randi – YouTube
  10. ^ Sunfire Offices
  11. ^ "Google Unveils New Maps Features Amid Apple Fight". Silicon Valley News. June 6, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2012.

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