Name: Foale, Michael Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 6

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-45 March 24, 1992 - Atlantis April 2, 1992 - Atlantis
2. STS-56 April 8, 1993 - Discovery April 17, 1993 - Discovery
3. STS-63 February 3, 1995 - Discovery February 11, 1995 - Discovery
Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
4. NASA-5 May 15, 1997 - STS-84 (Atlantis) October 6, 1997 - STS-86 (Atlantis)
Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
5. STS-103 December 20, 1999 - Discovery December 28, 1999 - Discovery
Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
6. ISS Crew 8 October 18, 2003 - Soyuz TMA-3 April 30, 2004 - Soyuz TMA-3

Space Flights Descriptions
1. STS-45 Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science Mission 1 (ATLAS-1)
2. STS-56 Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science Mission 2 (ATLAS-2)
Deployed and retrieved Spartan 201-01
3. STS-63 Spacehab Mission 3 (Rendezvous with Mir)
Deployed and retrieved Spartan 204
NASA-4
(Backup)
Shuttle-Mir Long Duration Mission 4 (Mir Main Expedition EO-22 & EO-23 Crews)
4. NASA-5 Shuttle-Mir Long Duration Mission 5 (Mir Main Expedition EO-23 & EO-24 Crews)
Joined the Mir Main Expedition EO-23 crew on May 17, 1997 from the STS-84 crew
Became a member of the Mir Main Expedition EO-24 crew after the Mir EO-23 crew departed from Mir on August 14, 1997 - Returned to Earth on October 6, 1997 aboard Atlantis as part of the STS-86 crew
5. STS-103 Hubble Space Telescope Service Mission 3A (HST-SM 3A)
ISS Crew 7
(Backup Crew)
ISS "Alpha" Expedition "Caretaker" Crew 7
ISS Crew 8A
(Cancelled)
ISS "Alpha" Expedition Crew 8A
Following the loss of Columbia, Michael Foale joined with Aleksandr Kaleri to form the new ISS "Caretaker" Crew 8.
6. ISS Crew 8 ISS "Alpha" Expedition "Caretaker" Crew 8 (ISS Crew Transfer Flight 7S)
Docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on October 20, 2004 aboard Soyuz TMA-3
Returned to Earth on April 30, 2004 aboard Soyuz TMA-3

Spacewalks - 4
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
STS-63 February 9, 1995 Mass handling and Shuttle EMU spacesuit thermal evaluations in preparation for International Space Station assembly and maintenance
4 hours 39 minutes

NASA-5 September 5, 1997 Inspect exterior of Spektr. Move solar arrays
6 hours 0 minutes

STS-103 December 23, 1999 Repair Hubble Space Telescope - Install new computer. Replace Fine Guidance Sensor
8 hours 10 minutes

ISS Crew 8 February 26, 2004 International Space Station Assembly - Exchange science experiment containers. Install new radiation monitor
3 hours 55 minutes

Return to Master List Six Spaceflights Spacewalkers
Foreign Cosmonauts launched by Russia American Astronauts
Space Shuttle Program - 1992 / 1993 / 1999 Shuttle-Mir Program - 1995 / 1997 / Backup-Crew
International Space Station Program - Phase III - 2003 / Exp.-Crew

Updated - June 5, 2006