ASTRONAUT

Michael López-Alegría

1958 - Today

Michael López-Alegría

Michael López-Alegría (born Miguel Eladio López Alegría on May 30, 1958) is an astronaut, test pilot and commercial astronaut with dual nationality, American and Spanish; a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. He is known for having performed ten spacewalks so far in his career, presently holding the second longest all-time EVA duration record (first among NASA astronauts) and having the fifth-longest spaceflight of any American at the length of 215 days; this time was spent on board the ISS from September 18, 2006, to April 21, 2007. López-Alegría commanded Axiom-1, the first ever all-private team of commercial astronaut mission to the International Space Station, which launched on April 8, 2022, and spent just over 17 days in Earth's orbit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael López-Alegría is the 195th most popular astronaut (down from 162nd in 2019), the 1,479th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,388th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Michael López-Alegría ranks 195 out of 556. Before him are Anatoly Artsebarsky, William Shepherd, Aleksandr Kaleri, Rick Husband, C. Gordon Fullerton, and Paul Lockhart. After him are Oleg Atkov, Yuri Malenchenko, Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, Patrick Baudry, Oleg Kononenko, and Yury Malyshev.

Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia

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Anatoly Artsebarsky
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 189
William Shepherd
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 190
Aleksandr Kaleri
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 191
Rick Husband
1957 - 2003
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 192
C. Gordon Fullerton
1936 - 2013
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 193
Paul Lockhart
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 194
Michael López-Alegría
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 195
Oleg Atkov
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 196
Yuri Malenchenko
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 197
Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 198
Patrick Baudry
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 199
Oleg Kononenko
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 200
Yury Malyshev
1941 - 1999
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 201

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Michael López-Alegría ranks 254. Before him are Lolita Flores, Inger Andersen, Francesca Woodman, Manu Katché, Yasushi Akimoto, and Jello Biafra. After him are Jennifer Saunders, Eddie Cheever, Heinz Hermann, Rosa Liksom, Helen Fielding, and Elisabeth Andreassen.

Others Born in 1958

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Lolita Flores
ACTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 248
Inger Andersen
ECONOMIST
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 249
Francesca Woodman
PHOTOGRAPHER
1958 - 1981
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 250
Manu Katché
MUSICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 251
Yasushi Akimoto
FILM DIRECTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 252
Jello Biafra
SINGER
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 253
Michael López-Alegría
ASTRONAUT
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 254
Jennifer Saunders
ACTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 255
Eddie Cheever
RACING DRIVER
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 256
Heinz Hermann
SOCCER PLAYER
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 257
Rosa Liksom
WRITER
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 258
Helen Fielding
WRITER
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 259
Elisabeth Andreassen
SINGER
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 260

In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Michael López-Alegría ranks 1,479 out of 3,355. Before him are Eduardo González Valiño (1911), José Luis Capón (1948), José Luis López Vázquez (1922), Humfrid (null), José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza (1775), and Alejandro Valverde (1980). After him are José Muguerza (1911), Belén Rueda (1965), Juan José Millás (1946), Pedro Artola (1948), Andrés Palop (1973), and Juan Ramón López Caro (1963).

Others born in Spain

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Eduardo González Valiño
SOCCER PLAYER
1911 - 1979
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 1,473
José Luis Capón
SOCCER PLAYER
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 1,474
José Luis López Vázquez
ACTOR
1922 - 2009
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 1,475
Humfrid
NOBLEMAN
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 1,476
José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1775 - 1847
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 1,477
Alejandro Valverde
CYCLIST
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 1,478
Michael López-Alegría
ASTRONAUT
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 1,479
José Muguerza
SOCCER PLAYER
1911 - 1980
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 1,480
Belén Rueda
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,481
Juan José Millás
WRITER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,482
Pedro Artola
SOCCER PLAYER
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,483
Andrés Palop
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,484
Juan Ramón López Caro
COACH
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,485