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Tingle is a highly decorated air force veteran, having flows 51 types of aircraft over more than 4,500 flight hours, helped to land 750 aircrafts with carrier arrestments, and fought in 54 combat missions.

Early years and education
Scott David Tingle was born on July 19, 1965, in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Tingle became interested in space while working as a machine draftsman in Blue Hills Regional Technical School. He continued to study mechanical engineering, earning a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering while attending Southeastern Massachusetts University in 1987, and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1988. At age 15 he took guitar lessons from a neighbor, at age 16 he joined a band that he continued to play with through college, writing original music and playing at clubs in Kenmore Square, and Providence. Tingle cites his experience in a rock band as contributing to team skills he needed as an astronaut. In 2009 his fourth application to the Astronaut Corps was accepted.

Military service
In 1991 Scott Tingle employed as a Naval Officer, earning his aviator gold wings by 1993. In 1994 he flew with the Blue Diamonds of VFA-146 in Lemoore, California. Aboard the USS Nimitz and with Carrier Air Wing Nine he was placed along the North Arabian Gulf and Western Pacific ocean. After graduating in 1998 from Navy Test Pilot School, he became an operational test pilot at China Lake, California for the FA-18E/F Super Hornet program with the Vampires of VX-9. After China Lake, Tingle completed a CAG Paddles tour flying with FA-18A/C Hornets and alongside Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) sailing on the USS Carl Vinson. USS Carl Vinson and the Carrier Air Wing Eleven were the first air response on the scene of the 911 attack and later executed Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Tingle completed a career as an assistant operations officer with the Strike Fighter Wing Pacific, and briefly became an instructor pilot with VFA-122. He later returned to Lemoore as a safety, maintenance, and operation officer as a department head while flying a FA-18A Hornet alongside the Warhawks of VFA-97. He was deployed to the Western Pacific and North Arabian Gulf again with CVW-11 before moving on to Iwakuni, Japan, with the Marine Air Group Twelve (MAH-12). By 2005 Tingle came back to become the Ship Suitability Department Head at Patuxent River, Maryland, and a test pilot with the Salty Dogs of VX-23. At Maryland he tested the FA-18C Hornet, FA-18E/F Super Hornet, and EA-18G Growler aircraft carrier precision landing systems. When he was selected as an astronaut Tingle was working on the Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) and harpoon weapons systems in PMA-201 as a system engineer and assistant program manager.

NASA career
In July of 2009 Scott D Tingle became a member of the 20th astronaut class. His training included training in T-38’s, spacewalks, technical training regarding the systems of The International space station and Soyuz designs, and standard wilderness survival training. In December of 2017 he launched on Soyuz MS-07 as the flight engineer, and will remain on the international space station until April of 2018. His mission on Expedition 54/55 has a focus on experiments involving biology, biotechnology, and demonstrations of new technology on the ISS.

Personal life
Scott Tingle is married to Raynette Mahelona Tingle and has three children. Although he was born is Attenborough, he considers his hometown to be Randolph, Massachusetts.

Awards and honors
Through his educational, military, and NASA career, Tingle has received many awards and honors. He graduated magna cum laude from Southeastern Massachusetts University, earned Outstanding Graduate of U.S. Navy Test Pilot School Class 113, and was awarded Meritorious Service Medal, three Air Medals, six Navy Commendation Medals, four Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, and a Combat V medal.