ASTRONAUT

Ed Lu

1963 - Today

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Edward Tsang "Ed" Lu (simplified Chinese: 卢杰; traditional Chinese: 盧傑; pinyin: Lú Jié; born July 1, 1963) is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut. He flew on two Space Shuttle flights, and made an extended stay aboard the International Space Station.In 2007, Lu retired from NASA to become the program manager of Google's Advanced Projects Team. In 2002, while still at NASA, Lu co-founded the B612 Foundation, dedicated to protecting the Earth from asteroid strikes, later serving as its chairman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed Lu has received more than 129,118 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ed Lu is the 366th most popular astronaut (up from 397th in 2019), the 13,224th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,267th in 2019) and the 176th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ed Lus by language

Over the past year Ed Lu has had the most page views in the with 15,538 views, followed by Chinese (4,274), and Japanese (793). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (145.33%), Malagasy (116.10%), and Galician (102.23%)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Ed Lu ranks 366 out of 556. Before him are Alexander Gerst, Richard Mastracchio, Kathryn C. Thornton, James S. Voss, Luca Parmitano, and Curtis Brown. After him are Stephen Bowen, Matthias Maurer, Michael Foale, Aleksandr Lazutkin, Michael Fincke, and Michael Barratt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Ed Lu ranks 661. Before him are Brad Silberling, John Ventimiglia, Arnold Vanderlyde, Guildo Horn, James Marsh, and Petra Pau. After him are Martin Bashir, Corinne Maier, Rajmond Debevec, Charles Ingram, Marty Natalegawa, and Tudor Casapu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Lu ranks 13,224 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Yarrow (1938), David S. Johnson (1945), Patricia Goldman-Rakic (1937), John Bryson (1943), Walter Abel (1898), and Alfred Lindley (1904). After him are Kerri Green (1967), Brett Gurewitz (1962), Madge Evans (1909), Deborah Feldman (1986), Theresa Weld (1893), and Huma Abedin (1976).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Ed Lu ranks 176. Before him are Lisa Nowak (1963), Linda M. Godwin (1952), Richard Mastracchio (1960), Kathryn C. Thornton (1952), James S. Voss (1949), and Curtis Brown (1956). After him are Stephen Bowen (1964), Michael Fincke (1967), Michael Barratt (1959), Nancy J. Currie-Gregg (1958), Carl E. Walz (1955), and Sandra Magnus (1964).

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