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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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1958  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Michael Lopez-Alegria
astronaut, Great Immigrants Award, honorary doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", NASA Astronaut Group 14, Spain, United States, 

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  STS-73 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-92 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-113 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  Expedition 14 ⓘ
  expedition to the International Space Station

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  Soyuz TMA-9 ⓘ
  soyuz space program mission

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  Axiom Mission 1 ⓘ
  private crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station in 2022

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  Axiom Mission 3 ⓘ
  private crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station in 2024

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1958 Michael López-Alegría

1995-10-20T00:00:00Z

1995-10-20T00:00:00Z

1995 STS-73

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2000 STS-92

2002-11-24T00:00:00Z

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2002 STS-113

2006-09-18T00:00:00Z

2007-04-21T00:00:00Z

2006 — 2007 Expedition 14

2006-09-18T00:00:00Z

2006-09-18T00:00:00Z

2006 Soyuz TMA-9

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2022-04-08T00:00:00Z

2022 Axiom Mission 1

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2024-01-18T00:00:00Z

2024 Axiom Mission 3

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Time01:11

ISS-14 Tyurin Lopez-Alegria Hydrolab Training

Axiom Mission 3 crew

Expedition 14 crew

Michael E. Lopez-Alegria and Mikhail Tyurin in the International Space Station Pirs Docking Compartment

ISS Expedition 14 crew poster

STS-110 Extravehicular Activity (EVA)

Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (top right), Anousheh Ansari (left); and Mikhail Tyurin

Expedition 14 crew

STS113-342-017 - STS-113 - STS-113, Expedition Five, Expedition Six in-flight crew portraits taken in the U.S. Laboratory - DPLA - 637da66d6903c5608bb2db9cdcebfc13

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	spaceflight	1995	STS-73	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	2000	STS-92	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	2002	STS-113	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	2006	Expedition 14	expedition to the International Space Station	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	2006	Soyuz TMA-9	human spaceflight, Soyuz-TMA	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	2022	Axiom Mission 1	human spaceflight, private spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	2024	Axiom Mission 3	private spaceflight, human spaceflight	Wikidata
commons	image		Time01:11		Commons
commons	image		ISS-14 Tyurin Lopez-Alegria Hydrolab Training		Commons
commons	image		Axiom Mission 3 crew		Commons
commons	image		Expedition 14 crew		Commons
commons	image		Michael E. Lopez-Alegria and Mikhail Tyurin in the International Space Station Pirs Docking Compartment		Commons
commons	image		ISS Expedition 14 crew poster		Commons
commons	image		STS-110 Extravehicular Activity (EVA)		Commons
commons	image		Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (top right), Anousheh Ansari (left); and Mikhail Tyurin		Commons
commons	image		Expedition 14 crew		Commons
commons	image		STS113-342-017 - STS-113 - STS-113, Expedition Five, Expedition Six in-flight crew portraits taken in the U.S. Laboratory - DPLA - 637da66d6903c5608bb2db9cdcebfc13		Commons