Michael Foale | |
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| Born | Colin Michael Foale 6 January 1957 |
| Nationality | British American |
| Education | Queens' College, Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 374d 11h 19m |
| Selection | NASA Group 12 (1987) |
Total EVAs | 4 |
Total EVA time | 16h 44m |
| Missions | STS-45 STS-56 STS-63 STS-84 (up) Mir NASA-5 (Mir EO-23 and 24) STS-86 (down) STS-103 Soyuz TMA-3 (Expedition 8) |
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Colin Michael Foale CBE (/foʊl/; born 6 January 1957) is a British-American astrophysicist and a former NASA astronaut.[1] 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 second Briton in space and the first to perform a space walk. Until 17 April 2008, he held the record for most time spent in space by a US citizen: 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes, and as of 2024[update] he held the cumulative-time-in-space record for a British citizen.[citation needed]
- ^ "C. Michael Foale" (PDF). Biographical Data. Houston, Texas: Johnson Space Center / NASA. August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.