Michael Foreman (astronaut)

Michael Foreman
Foreman in 2009
Born
Michael James Foreman

(1957-03-29) March 29, 1957 (age 67)
EducationUnited States Naval Academy (BS)
Naval Postgraduate School (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
RankCaptain, USN
Time in space
26d 13h 27m[1]
SelectionNASA Group 17 (1998)
Total EVAs
5
Total EVA time
32h 19m
MissionsSTS-123
STS-129
Mission insignia

Michael James Foreman (born March 29, 1957) is a retired U.S. Navy pilot and a NASA astronaut. While with NASA, Foreman was part of a mission that delivered the Japanese Experiment Module and the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator to the International Space Station. Foreman was also a crewmember of the STS-129 mission in November 2009.[2] In 2018, he was elected mayor of Friendswood, Texas; he was re-elected to a second 3-year term in 2021. He is running unopposed and will serve a third 3-year term beginning in 2024.

  1. ^ Time in Space, spacefacts
  2. ^ "Michael Foreman" (PDF). NASA. July 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2021.