Michael Foreman

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Michael James Foreman 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. He is running unopposed and will serve a third 3-year term beginning in 2024.

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Michael James Foreman; Mike Foreman
military officer, astronaut, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, 

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  • STS-123
    human spaceflight
  • STS-129
    human spaceflight
Michael ForemanMichael Foreman
Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialists, perform a series of tasks on the exterior of the International Space StationMike Foreman and Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialists, perform a series of tasks on the exterior of the International Space Station
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    classspaceflight2008STS-123Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie, Garrett Reisman, Gregory H. Johnson, Léopold Eyharts, Michael Foreman, Richard M. Linnehan, Robert L. Behnken, Takao Doi, human spaceflightWikidata
    classspaceflight2009STS-129Barry E. Wilmore, Charles O. Hobaugh, Leland D. Melvin, Michael Foreman, Nicole Stott, Randolph Bresnik, Robert Satcher, human spaceflightWikidata
    commonsimageMichael Foreman Commons
    commonsimageMike Foreman and Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialists, perform a series of tasks on the exterior of the International Space Station Commons