“s space missions, but were delighted they will be able to receive phone calls from him via satellite every few days. Retired Air Commodore Colin Foale, 73, said;”
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Michael Foale
Colin Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space missions, and he 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 citize…
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science · British-American astrophysicist and astronaut (born 1957) · astronaut · astrophysicist · physicist · also Michael Foale, Colin Michael Foale, C. Michael Foale, Foale
Born 6 January 1957 · Q540379
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2026· 2 entries
Yahoo: Arkansas students meet astronaut Michael Foale at annual STEM Festival
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2017· 1 entry
Diginomica: Michael Foale, astronaut extraordinaire teaches on leadership and teamwork
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2013· 1 entry
SpaceNews: Astronaut Michael Foale Leaves NASA After 26-Year Career
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2011).
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2005).
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2004· 2 entries
SpaceNews: NASA Names Space Veteran Michael Foale as Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Operations
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c-span: Michael Foale
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2003· 2 entries
Foale was named commander of International Space Station Expedition 8 with cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri
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Career landmark: ISS Expedition commander (2003–2004).
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2001· 1 entry
Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2001).
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1999· 3 entries
Foale was a member of Space Shuttle mission STS-103, during which he conducted an eight-hour spacewalk to replace components of the Hubble Space Telescope
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Titled Waystation to the Stars about the astronaut's experiences on Mir
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His father, Colin Foale, wrote a book in 1999 titled Waystation to the Stars about the astronaut's experiences on Mir.
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1997· 1 entry
From MIR just before he returned to earth and the second in 2002 from the ISS
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1996· 1 entry
Won NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1996).
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1992· 1 entry
Won NASA Space Flight Medal (1992).
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1982· 1 entry
Studied at Queens' College, doctorate (1982).
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1980· 2 entries
In Yugoslavia, when a truck accidentally veered across the road and smashed into his car, killing his girlfriend and his brother
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Foale was the driver of a car in 1980 in Yugoslavia, when a truck accidentally veered across the road and smashed into his car, killing his girlfriend and his brother.
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1978· 1 entry
(later promoted to a Cambridge MA), and subsequently a PhD in laboratory astrophysics in 1982, where his supervisor was Alan Cook
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-01-06.
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