Michael López-Alegría

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Michael López-Alegría 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 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 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.

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Michael Lopez-Alegria
astronaut, 

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  • Axiom Mission 1
    private crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station in 2022
  • Axiom Mission 3
    private crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station in 2024
  • Soyuz TMA-9
    soyuz space program mission
  • STS-113
    human spaceflight
  • STS-73
    human spaceflight
  • STS-92
    human spaceflight
  • Expedition 14
    expedition to the International Space Station
1958-05-30T00:00:00Z
1958-05-30T00:00:00Z
1958 Michael López-Alegría
2006-09-18T00:00:00Z
2007-04-21T00:00:00Z
2006 — 2007 Expedition 14
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ISS-14 Tyurin Lopez-Alegria Hydrolab TrainingISS-14 Tyurin Lopez-Alegria Hydrolab Training
Axiom Mission 3 crewAxiom Mission 3 crew
Expedition 14 crewExpedition 14 crew
Michael E. Lopez-Alegria and Mikhail Tyurin in the International Space Station Pirs Docking CompartmentMichael E. Lopez-Alegria and Mikhail Tyurin in the International Space Station Pirs Docking Compartment
ISS Expedition 14 crew posterISS Expedition 14 crew poster
STS-110 Extravehicular Activity (EVA)STS-110 Extravehicular Activity (EVA)
Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (top right), Anousheh Ansari (left); and Mikhail TyurinMichael E. Lopez-Alegria (top right), Anousheh Ansari (left); and Mikhail Tyurin
Expedition 14 crewExpedition 14 crew
STS113-342-017 - STS-113 - STS-113, Expedition Five, Expedition Six in-flight crew portraits taken in the U.S. Laboratory - DPLA - 637da66d6903c5608bb2db9cdcebfc13STS113-342-017 - STS-113 - STS-113, Expedition Five, Expedition Six in-flight crew portraits taken in the U.S. Laboratory - DPLA - 637da66d6903c5608bb2db9cdcebfc13
    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    classorbitAxiom Mission 1Eytan Stibbe, Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, Michael López-Alegría, human spaceflight, private spaceflight,Wikidata
    classorbitAxiom Mission 3Alper Gezeravcı, Marcus Wandt, Michael López-Alegría, Walter Villadei, human spaceflight, private spaceflight,Wikidata
    classorbitSoyuz TMA-9Anousheh Ansari, Charles Simonyi, Michael López-Alegría, Mikhail Tyurin, Soyuz-TMA, human spaceflight,Wikidata
    classorbitSTS-113Donald Pettit, Jim Wetherbee, John Herrington, Ken Bowersox, Michael López-Alegría, Nikolai Budarin, Paul Lockhart, Peggy Whitson, Sergei Treshchov, Valery Korzun, human spaceflight,Wikidata
    classorbitSTS-73Albert Sacco, Catherine Coleman, Frederick W. Leslie, Kathryn C. Thornton, Ken Bowersox, Kent Rominger, Michael López-Alegría, human spaceflight,Wikidata
    classorbitSTS-92Brian Duffy, Koichi Wakata, Leroy Chiao, Michael López-Alegría, Pamela Melroy, Peter Wisoff, William S. McArthur, human spaceflight,Wikidata
    classspaceflight2006Expedition 14Michael López-Alegría, Mikhail Tyurin, Sunita Williams, Thomas Reiter, expedition to the International Space Station,Wikidata
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    commonsimageMichael E. Lopez-Alegria and Mikhail Tyurin in the International Space Station Pirs Docking Compartment Commons
    commonsimageISS Expedition 14 crew poster Commons
    commonsimageSTS-110 Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Commons
    commonsimageMichael E. Lopez-Alegria (top right), Anousheh Ansari (left); and Mikhail Tyurin Commons
    commonsimageExpedition 14 crew Commons
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