Michael Fincke
Edward Michael "Mike"/"Spanky" Fincke (born 14 March 1967) is an American Astronaut, and he currently holds the American record for the most time in space (381.6 days). He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but considers its suburb Emsworth, Pennsylvania to be his hometown. He is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut, and served two tours aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer and commander. He flew on one Space Shuttle mission, STS-134 as a Mission Specialist. Fincke is conversant in Japanese and Russian. He is married to Renita Saikia and together, they have three children; son Chandra and daughters Tarali and Surya.
Fincke logged just under 382 days in space, placing him first among American astronauts for the most time in space, and 19th overall. He completed nine spacewalks in Russian Orlan spacesuits and American EMUs. His total EVA time is 48 hours and 37 minutes placing him 6th all time on the list of spacewalkers.
Read more about Michael Fincke: Education, Career, NASA Career, Acting, Awards and Decorations
Famous quotes containing the word michael:
“To tell you the truth, I’m relieved that the Van Ripers are not coming. He’s telling the same jokes he told twenty years ago and she dyes her hair. I think it’s a shrimp pink now.”
—Adele Comandini, and Edward Sutherland. Michael O’Brien (Charles Winninger)