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Michael Lopez-Alegria

United States

Michael Lopez-Alegria is a Spanish-American former NASA astronaut and United States Navy officer who flew four spaceflights, including three Space Shuttle missions and a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station, during which he set a record at the time for the most spacewalks performed by an American astronaut. After leaving NASA he became a commercial astronaut, commanding the Axiom Mission 1 flight in 2022, the first fully private crewed mission to the space station.

Facts
Birth Year
1958 2
Nationality
American, Spanish 2
Classification
Astronaut Role
Commander 1
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Sources
1. Michael Lopez-Alegria (Wikipedia)
Lopez-Alegria commanded Axiom-1, the first all-private team of commercial astronaut mission to the International Space StationView the Source
2. Michael López-Alegría
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1958-05-30
  • Introduction
    dual nationality, American and Spanish
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Wikidata: Michael Lopez-Alegria
Wikidata Q375202, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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