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Michael Foale

1957 - Today

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Colin Michael Foale (; born 6 January 1957) is a British-American astrophysicist and a former NASA astronaut. 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 he held the cumulative-time-in-space record for a British citizen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Foale is the 354th most popular astronaut (up from 369th in 2019), the 5,926th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,063rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Michael Foale ranks 354 out of 556. Before him are Scott Kelly, Naoko Yamazaki, Reinhold Ewald, Steven Lindsey, Zhai Zhigang, and Jerome Apt. After him are Mike Melvill, Helen Sharman, Charles L. Veach, Guy Gardner, Michael R. Clifford, and Christopher Ferguson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Michael Foale ranks 579. Before him are Tertius Zongo, Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Alexander Beilinson, Mira Nair, Witold Waszczykowski, and Plamen Markov. After him are Joan Benoit, Paweł Huelle, Dani Levy, Keena Rothhammer, Lyubov Gurina, and Kazuhito Mochizuki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Foale ranks 5,928 out of 8,785. Before him are Julie Covington (1946), Gary Brabham (1961), Arnold Wolfendale (1927), Sarita Choudhury (1966), Tim Henman (1974), and Rose Tremain (1943). After him are Eric Brandon (1920), Holmes Herbert (1882), Binnie Barnes (1903), Helen Sharman (1963), Christopher Fairbank (1953), and Miles Mander (1888).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United Kingdom

Among astronauts born in United Kingdom, Michael Foale ranks 3. Before him are Tim Peake (1972), and Piers Sellers (1955). After him are Helen Sharman (1963), Gregory H. Johnson (1962), and Nicholas Patrick (1964).

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