Michael James Foreman

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Michael Foreman
Michael Foreman
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on June 4, 1998
( 17th NASA Group )
Calls: 2 space flights
Start of the
first space flight: 		March 11, 2008
Landing of the
last space flight: 		November 27, 2009
Time in space: 26d 13h 27min
EVA inserts: 5
EVA total duration: 32 h 19 min
retired on July 31, 2015
Space flights

Michael James Foreman (born March 29, 1957 in Columbus , Ohio ) is a retired American astronaut .

education

Foreman attended high school through 1975. He then studied aerospace engineering at the US Naval Academy . In 1979 he earned a bachelor's degree . The Naval Postgraduate School also awarded him a Masters in Aerospace Engineering in 1986 .

Astronaut activity

In June 1998, Foreman was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA.

STS-123

Foreman's first space flight took place in March 2008. The STS-123 mission brought part of the Japanese Kibo module and the Canadian robotic hand Dextre to the International Space Station .

STS-129

Foreman was nominated for the STS-129 space shuttle mission in September 2008 . He took off on November 16, 2009 with the space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS) . On November 19, he carried out a space exit with Robert Satcher . Among other things, they installed a reserve antenna, laid cables and lubricated moving parts. On November 21, 2009 he undertook another space exit with Randy Bresnik .

According to NASA

Foreman left NASA on July 31, 2015 to join a consulting firm in Houston .

Private

Foreman is married with three children.

See also

Web links

Commons : Michael Foreman  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NASA Assigns Crew For Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-129 Mission. NASA, September 30, 2008, accessed September 15, 2009 .
  2. ↑ Chris Bergin: STS-129 completes EVA-1 - TPS cleared from Focused Inspection. nasaspaceflight.com, November 19, 2009, accessed November 20, 2009 .
  3. ↑ Spacref: Veteran NASA Astronaut and Spacewalker Michael Foreman Retires From NASA. July 30, 2015, accessed July 31, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Foreman, Michael James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus , Ohio