Tracy Caldwell Dyson - Personal Life

Personal Life

Caldwell Dyson, the younger of two girls, was born in Arcadia, California, and later moved to Beaumont, California, in the early 1980s to attend junior high school where her father worked as an electrician. Her recreational interests include running, weight training, hiking, softball, basketball, and auto repair/maintenance. As an undergraduate, she competed in intercollegiate athletics on the California State University, Fullerton track team as both a sprinter and long jumper.

Caldwell Dyson is a private pilot and conversational in American Sign Language (ASL) and Russian.

She is married to Naval Aviator George Dyson. She is also the lead vocalist for the all-astronaut band Max Q.

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