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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
Dating
Selection Year
1992 2
Connections

Associated With

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Michael López-Alegría

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Michael López-Alegría
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Nationality

Spain

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Source Wikidata: Michael Lopez-Alegria
United States

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Source Wikidata: Michael Lopez-Alegria
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
  • Infobox, selection
  • Operated By: NASA, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    He is known for having performed ten spacewalks so far in his career, presently holding the second longest all-time EVA duration record (first among NASA astronauts) 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.
  • Associated With: NASA, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    He is known for having performed ten spacewalks so far in his career, presently holding the second longest all-time EVA duration record (first among NASA astronauts) 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.
  • In Group: Space Shuttle Astronauts, Lead sentence
    Michael López-Alegría (born Miguel Eladio López Alegría; born May 30, 1958) 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.
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Wikidata: Michael Lopez-Alegria
Wikidata Q375202, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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