Michael Foale
Michael Foale is a government astronaut from United States of America, affiliated with NASA.
During their career, Michael Foale flew on 6 spaceflights and completed 4 spacewalks, logging 373 days, 18 hours, 16 minutes, 26 seconds in space.
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.
Career Statistics
| Date of Birth | 01/06/1957 |
|---|---|
| Status | Retired |
| First Flight | 03/24/1992 |
| Last Flight | 10/18/2003 |
| In Space | No |
| Time in Space | 373 days, 18 hours, 16 minutes, 26 seconds |
| EVA Time | 22 hours, 34 minutes |
| Landings | 6 |
Spaceflights by Michael Foale
Explore the 6 spaceflights Michael Foale participated in during their astronaut career, including mission details, launch vehicles, and destinations.
Spacewalks by Michael Foale
Discover the 4 spacewalks Michael Foale performed during their career, logging a total of 22 hours, 34 minutes outside a spacecraft.
The spacewalk began at 02/09/1995 11:56 UTC and ended at 02/09/1995 16:25 UTC on the Low Earth Orbit for a total of 4 hours and 29 minutes.
The spacewalk began at 09/06/1997 01:07 UTC and ended at 09/06/1997 07:07 UTC on the Mir for a total of 6 hours and 0 minutes.
The spacewalk began at 12/23/1999 19:06 UTC and ended at 12/24/1999 03:16 UTC on the Hubble Space Telescope (LEO) for a total of 8 hours and 10 minutes.
The spacewalk began at 02/26/2004 21:17 UTC and ended at 02/27/2004 01:12 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 3 hours and 55 minutes.