Michael "Spanky" Fincke, born March 14, 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been in space three times.
Fincke's first trip was aboard Soyuz TMA-4 as flight engineer in April 2004 to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 9. He conducted four EVAs during the mission. He returned to Earth in October 2004, after over 187 days in space.
His second trip was aboard Soyuz TMA-13 as flight engineer to the ISS in October 2008. He was part of Expedition 18 and conducted 2 EVAs during the expedition. He returned to Earth in April 2009.
His third flight was aboard Endeavour (STS-134) as mission specialist to the ISS in May 2011. He conducted 3 EVAs during the mission. He returned wiht the rest of the crew in June.
He has been selected to fly on the first crewed flight of the CST-100 Starliner, Boeing's capsule for participating in NASA's Commercial Crew Development program. When he does, he will become the first astronaut since John Young to fly into space aboard three different launch vessels.
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