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Colin Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space missions, and is the only NASA astronaut to have flown extended missions aboard both Mir and the International Space Station. He was the second Briton in space and the first to perform a space walk. Until 17 April 2008, he held the record for most time spent in space by a US citizen: 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes, and as of 2024 he held the cumulative-time-in-space record for a British citizen.

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1957  Wikimedia, Wikidata
C. Michael Foale, Colin Michael Foale
astrophysicist, astronaut, physicist, Order of Friendship, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, Order of the British Empire, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, NASA Astronaut Group 12, Great Immigrants Award, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", United States, United Kingdom, 

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  STS-45 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-56 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-63 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-84 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-86 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-103 ⓘ
  human spaceflight Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission by Space Shuttle Discovery

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  Soyuz TMA-3 ⓘ
  crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station

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  Expedition 8 ⓘ
  expedition to the International Space Station

Expedition 8, 

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1957 Michael Foale

1992-03-24T00:00:00Z

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1992 STS-45

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1993 STS-56

1995-02-03T00:00:00Z

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1995 STS-63

1997-05-15T00:00:00Z

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1997 STS-84

1997-09-26T00:00:00Z

1997-09-26T00:00:00Z

1997 STS-86

1999-12-20T00:00:00Z

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1999 STS-103

2003-10-18T00:00:00Z

2003-10-18T00:00:00Z

2003 Soyuz TMA-3

2003-10-20T00:00:00Z

2004-04-29T00:00:00Z

2003 — 2004 Expedition 8

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Foale Mir

183441main HRF-13

Foale Kal

Foale Zerog

STS-103 closing the airlock

NASA-Foale-Spacewalk

Astronaut C. Michael Foale (27989724356)

Foale Mir

183441main HRF-13

Foale Kal

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	spaceflight	1992	STS-45	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1993	STS-56	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1995	STS-63	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1997	STS-84	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1997	STS-86	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1999	STS-103	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	2003	Soyuz TMA-3	human spaceflight, Soyuz-TMA	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	2003	Expedition 8	expedition to the International Space Station	Wikidata
commons	image		Foale Mir		Commons
commons	image		183441main HRF-13		Commons
commons	image		Foale Kal		Commons
commons	image		Foale Zerog		Commons
commons	image		STS-103 closing the airlock		Commons
commons	image		NASA-Foale-Spacewalk		Commons
commons	image		Astronaut C. Michael Foale (27989724356)		Commons
commons	image		Foale Mir		Commons
commons	image		183441main HRF-13		Commons
commons	image		Foale Kal		Commons