Steve MacLean (astronaut)

Steve Maclean
Official portrait, 2002
Born
Steven Glenwood MacLean

(1954-12-14) December 14, 1954 (age 69)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
EducationYork University (BS, MS, PhD)
Space career
NRC/CSA astronaut
NASA astronaut
Time in space
21d 16h 2m
SelectionNRC Group (1983)
NASA Group 16 (1996)
MissionsSTS-52
STS-115
Mission insignia
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
ThesisOptical Absorption of O2- Ions in Oxide Lattices (1983)

Steven Glenwood MacLean FRCGS (born December 14, 1954) is a retired Canadian astronaut. He was the president of the Canadian Space Agency, from September 1, 2008, to February 1, 2013.[1][2]

He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and is married to Nadine Wielgopolski of Hull, Quebec. They have three children. He enjoys hiking, canoeing, flying, parachuting and gymnastics. In 2013 he returned to physics research as an associate member of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo.[3]

  1. ^ "Organization Profile – Canadian Space Agency". Canadian Space Agency. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  2. ^ "Steve MacLean Announces Plans to Leave the Canadian Space Agency". Canadian Space Agency. 2013-01-16. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
  3. ^ York Univ. alumni, Faculty of Science, Steven MacLean,. Retrieved Aug. 25, 2021