National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Michael Foale

United States of America

Michael Foale
Retired

Biography

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Colin Michael Foale CBE is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space missions, and is the only NASA astronaut to have flown extended missions aboard both Mir and the International Space Station. He was the first Briton to perform a space walk, and until 17 April 2008, he held the record for most time spent in space by a US citizen: 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes. He still holds the cumulative-time-in-space record for a UK citizen.

Type

Government

Age

69

Date of Birth

January 6, 1957

First Flight

March 24, 1992

Last Flight

October 18, 2003

Career Stats

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6

Flights

6

Landings

4

Spacewalks

P373DT18H16M26S

Time in Space

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