Foale

Michael Colin

USA

International order nº: 275

US astr. nº:175

Personal data:

Birthdate:  06.01.1957
Birthplace:  Louth / UNITED KINGDOM
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  05.06.1987
Selection group:  NASA-12
Job:  MSP
Status:  Ret.08/2013

Spaceflights:

Ord.
num.		 Startup
spacecraft		 Date and time
of launch (UT)		 Status while
launch		 Spacecraft
of landing		 Date and time
of landing (UT)		 Duration
1 STS-45
(Atlantis/11)		 13h.13m.40s.
Mar 24, 1992		 MS STS-45
(Atlantis/11)		 11h.24m.04s.
Apr 02, 1992		 8d.22h.10m.24s.
2 STS-56
(Discovery/16)		 05h.29m.00s.
Apr 08, 1993		 MS STS-56
(Discovery/16)		 11h.38m.22s.
Apr 17, 1993		 9d.06h.09m.22s.
3 STS-63
(Discovery/20)		 05h.22m.04s.
Feb 03, 1995		 MS STS-63
(Discovery/20)		 11h.51m.40s.
Feb 11, 1995		 8d.06h.29m.36s.
4 STS-84
(Atlantis/19)		 08h.07m.48s.
May 15, 1997		 MSP, FE2/MIR-23/24 STS-86
(Atlantis/20)		 21h.56m.31s.
Oct 06, 1997		 144d.13h.48m.43s.
5 STS-103
(Discovery/27)		 00h.50m.00s.
Dec 20, 1999		 MS STS-103
(Discovery/27)		 00h.01m.34s.
Dec 28, 1999		 7d.23h.11m.34s.
6 Soyuz-TMA3 05h.38m.03s.
Oct 18, 2003		 FE2, Cdr/ISS-08 Soyuz-TMA3 00h.11m.15s.
Apr 30, 2004		 194d.18h.33m.12s.
Total duration: 373d.18h.22m.51s.


EVA′s:

Date of
beginning		 Time (UT) of
beginning		 Duration Explanation
09 Feb 1995 11:56 4h 39m Foale and Harris; mission "STS-63" - Evaluation of EVA activity tools (EDFT-01)
06 Sep 1997 01:07 6h 00m Solovyov and Foale; station "Mir" - Inspection of Spektr, searching for a leak (failed)
23 Dec 1999 19:06 8h 10m Foale and Nicollier; mission "STS-103" - HST-SM-03, replace of main computer
26 Feb 2004 21:17 3h 55m Foale and Kaleri; expedition ISS-8. The 9th EVA from airlock Pirs.
Installation of new experiments and replace and removing parts for existing experiments on the exterior of the ISS
Total: 22h 44m EVAs: 4

Backup assignments:

Nº. Mission Position Date
1  STS-81  MS  
1  Soyuz TMA-2  Flight Engineer  

Additional information

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