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Michael J. Bloomfield

Michael J. Bloomfield

  • Date of Birth: 03/16/1959
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 09/26/1997
  • Last Flight: 04/08/2002

Michael John "Bloomer" Bloomfield is an American former astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions.

Michael J. McCulley

Michael J. McCulley

  • Date of Birth: 08/04/1943
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 10/18/1989
  • Last Flight: 10/18/1989

Michael James "Mike" McCulley is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, metallurgical engineer, former NASA astronaut, an...

Michael J. Smith

Michael J. Smith

  • Date of Birth: 04/30/1945
  • Date of Death: 01/28/1986
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 01/28/1986
  • Last Flight: 01/28/1986

Michael John Smith was an American astronaut—pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the STS-51-L mission. All seven crew...

Michael L. Gernhardt

Michael L. Gernhardt

  • Date of Birth: 05/04/1956
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 09/07/1995
  • Last Flight: 07/12/2001

Michael Landon Gernhardt is a NASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory and principal investigator of the Prebreathe Reduction...

Michael López-Alegría

Michael López-Alegría

  • Date of Birth: 05/30/1958
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 10/20/1995
  • Last Flight: 01/18/2024

Michael López-Alegría is a Spanish-American astronaut; a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. He is ...

Michael Masucci

Michael Masucci

  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 12/11/2013
  • Last Flight: 11/02/2023

Mike “Sooch” Masucci was a former U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and U2 test pilot.

Michael P. Anderson

Michael P. Anderson

  • Date of Birth: 12/28/1959
  • Date of Death: 02/01/2003
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 01/23/1998
  • Last Flight: 01/16/2003

Michael Phillip Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Anderson and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space S...

Michael R. Clifford

Michael R. Clifford

  • Date of Birth: 10/13/1952
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 12/02/1992
  • Last Flight: 03/22/1996

Michael Richard Uram "Rich" Clifford is a former United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. Clifford is considered a Master Army Aviator...

Michael S. Hopkins

Michael S. Hopkins

  • Date of Birth: 12/28/1968
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 09/25/2013
  • Last Flight: 11/16/2020

Michael Scott Hopkins (born December 28, 1968) is a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, and a current NASA astronaut. Hopkins was selected in June 2009 as ...

Michael Strahan

Michael Strahan

  • Date of Birth: 11/21/1971
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 12/11/2021
  • Last Flight: 12/11/2021

Michael Strahan is a two-time Emmy award winner, Peabody award-winning journalist, and Super Bowl Champion, who currently serves as a co-anchor on ABC...

Michael T. Good

Michael T. Good

  • Date of Birth: 10/13/1962
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 05/11/2009
  • Last Flight: 05/14/2010

Michael Timothy "Bueno" Good is a NASA astronaut and retired commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, holding the rank of Colone...

Michaela Benthaus

Michaela Benthaus

  • Nationality: Germany
  • First Flight: 12/20/2025
  • Last Flight: 12/20/2025

Aerospace and mechatronics engineer. In 2018, she was involved in a mountain biking accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury impacting her abili...

Michel Tognini

Michel Tognini

  • Date of Birth: 09/30/1949
  • Nationality: France
  • First Flight: 07/27/1992
  • Last Flight: 07/23/1999

Michel Ange-Charles Tognini (born September 30, 1949 in Vincennes, France) is a French test pilot, Brigadier General in the French Air Force, and a fo...

Mike Massimino

Mike Massimino

  • Date of Birth: 08/19/1962
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 03/01/2002
  • Last Flight: 05/11/2009

Michael James Massimino is an American professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and a former NASA astronaut. He is the senior adviso...

Mike Mullane

Mike Mullane

  • Date of Birth: 09/10/1945
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 08/30/1984
  • Last Flight: 02/28/1990

Richard Michael "Mike" Mullane is an engineer and aircraft pilot, a retired USAF officer. and a former NASA astronaut. During his career, he...