Michael E. Fossum

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Michael Edward Fossum is a former American astronaut, engineer, and the Chief Operating Officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston. He flew into space on board the NASA Space Shuttle missions STS-121 and STS-124 and served as a mission specialist of Expedition 28 and commander of Expedition 29 aboard the International Space Station.

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Michael Edward Fossum
biochemist, engineer, military officer, astronaut, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, 

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  • STS-121
    human spaceflight
  • STS-124
    human spaceflight
  • Expedition 28
    expedition to the International Space Station
  • Soyuz TMA-02M
    space mission that transported three people to the ISS
  • Expedition 29
    expedition to the International Space Station
1957-12-19T00:00:00Z
1957-12-19T00:00:00Z
1957 Michael E. Fossum
2006-07-04T00:00:00Z
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2006 STS-121
2008-05-31T00:00:00Z
2008-05-31T00:00:00Z
2008 STS-124
2011-05-23T00:00:00Z
2011-09-16T00:00:00Z
2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
2011-09-16T00:00:00Z
2011-11-21T00:00:00Z
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Astronaut class of 1998Astronaut class of 1998
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Group 17 pose in front of the Project Mercury monumentGroup 17 pose in front of the Project Mercury monument
Group 17 in frount of the launch tower at Launch Complex 34Group 17 in frount of the launch tower at Launch Complex 34
    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    classspaceflight2006STS-121Lisa Nowak, Mark Kelly, Michael E. Fossum, Piers Sellers, Stephanie Wilson, Steven Lindsey, Thomas Reiter, human spaceflightWikidata
    classspaceflight2008STS-124Akihiko Hoshide, Garrett Reisman, Gregory Chamitoff, Karen L. Nyberg, Kenneth Ham, Mark Kelly, Michael E. Fossum, Ronald J. Garan, human spaceflightWikidata
    classspaceflight2011Expedition 28Aleksandr Samokutyayev, Andrey Borisenko, Michael E. Fossum, Ronald J. Garan, Satoshi Furukawa, Sergey Volkov, expedition to the International Space StationWikidata
    classspaceflight2011Soyuz TMA-02MMichael E. Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa, Sergey Volkov, Soyuz TMA-M, human spaceflightWikidata
    classspaceflight2011Expedition 29Anatoli Ivanishin, Anton Shkaplerov, Daniel C. Burbank, Michael E. Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa, Sergey Volkov, expedition to the International Space StationWikidata
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