Michael Foale, born January 6, 1957 in Lincolnshire, England, is a veteran of six space missions. He is the only NASA astronaut to have spent extended missions on Mir and the International Space Station. He is the first Briton to perform a spacewalk and holds the record for time-in-space for a UK citizen.
His first mission was aboard Atlantis (STS-45) as mission specialist in March-April 1992.
His second mission was aboard Discovery (STS-56) as mission specialist in April 1993.
His third mission was aboard Discovery (STS-63) as mission specialist in February 1995. It was the first space shuttle mission to dock with Mir. He conducted his first EVA with fellow astronaut Bernard Harris, the first African-American astronaut to conduct an EVA.
His fourth mission was aboard Atlantis (STS-84) as mission specialist to Mir launched in May 1997. He was part of expeditions Mir EO-23 and Mir EO-24. He returned to Earth aboard Atlantis (STS-86) in October 1997.
His fifth flight was aboard Discovery (STS-103) as mission specialist to service the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999. He conducted an EVA with fellow astronaut Claude Nicollier.
His sixth and final mission was aboard Soyuz TMA-3 to the ISS launched in October 2003 as part of Expedition 8. He conducted an EVA with fellow astronaut Aleksandr Kaleri. He returned to Earth in April 2004.
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