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Michael Foreman

1957 - Today

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Michael James Foreman (born March 29, 1957) is a retired U.S. Navy pilot, NASA astronaut, and local politician. 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. In 2018, he was elected mayor of Friendswood, Texas; he was re-elected to a second 3-year term in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Foreman is the 158th most popular astronaut (up from 477th in 2024), the 5,664th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,577th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Michael Foreman ranks 158 out of 556. Before him are Gennadi Strekalov, Vitaly Zholobov, Pavel Vinogradov, Karen Nyberg, Lev Dyomin, and Mike Massimino. After him are Chiaki Mukai, Valeri Tokarev, Yury Glazkov, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Roberta Bondar, and Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Michael Foreman ranks 205. Before him are Adri van Tiggelen, Roberto Azevêdo, Inès de La Fressange, Aliko Dangote, Cécilia Attias, and Timothy Treadwell. After him are Kevin Pollak, Jakob Nielsen, Tsai Ming-liang, Goodluck Jonathan, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, and Carlos Renato Frederico.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Foreman ranks 5,664 out of 20,380. Before him are Kelly Hu (1968), Kenneth Noland (1924), David Proval (1942), Mike Massimino (1962), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), and Mamie Van Doren (1931). After him are Anne Revere (1903), Leo Huberman (1903), W. C. Fields (1880), Casper Van Dien (1968), Maggie Q (1979), and Lyndon LaRouche (1922).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Michael Foreman ranks 75. Before him are Joseph A. Walker (1921), Joe Engle (1932), Mae Jemison (1956), Charles E. Brady Jr. (1951), Karen Nyberg (1969), and Mike Massimino (1962). After him are Paul J. Weitz (1932), Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935), Ronald McNair (1950), Edward Gibson (1936), Roy D. Bridges Jr. (1943), and William H. Dana (1930).

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