Edward Michael Fincke
American - (NASA)
Active
Date of Birth: March 14, 1967
Age: 58
Edward Michael "Mike"/"Spanky" Fincke is an American astronaut who formerly held the American record for the most time in space (381.6 days). His record was broken by Scott Kelly on October 16, 2015. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but considers its suburb Emsworth 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.
Upcoming Spaceflights
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-11
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 31, 2025, 4 p.m.
Status: TBC
Mission:
SpaceX Crew-11 is the eleventh crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
Low Earth Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 1Atlas V N22 | Starliner-1
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 31, 2026, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission:
Starliner-1 is the first crewed operational flight of a Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-4
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 19, 2004, 3:19 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
Soyuz TMA-4 begins Expedition 9 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka alongside Flight Engineers, Michael Fincke (NASA) & André Kuipers (ESA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on October 24, 2004, 00:35:00 UTC
Low Earth OrbitSoyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-13
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 12, 2008, 7:01 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
Soyuz TMA-13 begins Expedition 18 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov alongside Flight Engineer, Michael Fincke (NASA) & spaceflight participant Richard Garriott (Space Adventures) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on 8 April 2009, 07:16 UTC
Low Earth Orbit
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-134
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 16, 2011, 12:56 p.m.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-1
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 12-22
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 11-16
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Kosmos 2588
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationUnknown classified payload for the Russian military.
Kinetica 1
6 satellites
Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaCarried 6 satellites to Sun-synchronous orbit, including commercial Earth observation satellites Taijing-3-04 & Taijing-4-02A: * Taijing-3-04 * T…
