Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
Lopez-AlegriaMichael Eladio "LA"USA |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 30.05.1958 |
| Birthplace: | Madrid / Spain |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | one |
| Selection date: | 31.03.1992 |
| Selection group: | NASA-14 |
| Position: | MSP |
| Status: | Ret. ??.03.2012 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-73 Columbia | MS | 20.10.1995 - 05.11.1995 | 15d 21h 52m |
| 2 | STS-92 Discovery | MS | 11.10.2000 - 24.10.2000 | 12d 21h 42m |
| 3 | STS-113 Endeavour | MS | 24.11.2002 - 07.12.2002 | 13d 18h 47m |
| 4 | Soyuz TMA-9 / ISS-14 | Flight Engineer / ISS-CDR | 18.09.2006 - 21.04.2007 | 215d 08h 22m |
| 5 | Ax-1 | CDR | 08.04.2022 - 25.04.2022 | 17d 01h 49m |
| 6 | Ax-3 | CDR | 18.01.2024 - 09.02.2024 | 21d 15h 40m |
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| Total | 296d 16h 12m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Ax-2 | CDR |
Additional information
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Bachelor of science in systems engineering
from U.S. Naval Academy, 1980; master of science in aeronautical engineering
from U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 1988; Captain,
USN, Ret.;
engineering test pilot; unsuccessful application for
NASA
astronaut group 13;
hobbies: Sports, traveling, cooking; was Technical Assistant,
EVA
Project Office,
JSC; was
Flight Crew Operations Directorate Assistant Director for
ISS; currently the Vice President of Business
Development for Axiom Space, and has been selected to command the crew of
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