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Steve MacLean

Steve MacLean

  • Status: Retired
  • In Space: No
  • Date of Birth: 12/14/1954
  • First Flight: 10/22/1992
  • Last Flight: 09/09/2006

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Steve MacLean, a Canadian astronaut affiliated with the government agency Canadian Space Agency, embarked on 2 space flights and engaging in 1 spacewalks during his/her career as an astronaut.

Steven Glenwood MacLean FRCGS (born December 14, 1954) is a Canadian astronaut.
MacLean served as a Mission Specialist on STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006, and returned on September 21, 2006. He became the first Canadian to operate the robotic arm Canadarm2. On September 13, he performed his first spacewalk, a 7-hour EVA to activate the solar panels on the P3/4 truss – the second Canadian to do so, after Chris Hadfield.

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