Colin Michael Foale CBE is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space missions, and is the only NASA astronaut to have flown extended missions aboard both Mir and the International Space Station. He was the first Briton to perform a space walk, and until 17 April 2008, he held the record for most time spent in space by a US citizen: 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes. He still holds the cumulative-time-in-space record for a UK citizen.

Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-45

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 24, 1992, 1:13 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-45 was a 1992 Space Shuttle mission using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Its almost nine-day scientific mission was with a non-deployable payload of instruments. It was the 46th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th for Atlantis.

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-56

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 8, 1993, 5:29 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-56 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform special experiments. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 8 April 1993.

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-63

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 3, 1995, 5:22 a.m.

Status: Success

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STS-63 was the first mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir. Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launch pad 39B on 3 February 1995 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-84

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 15, 1997, 9:07 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-84 was a manned spaceflight mission by Space Shuttle Atlantis to the Mir space station.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-86

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 26, 1997, 2:34 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-86 was a Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station. This was the last Atlantis mission before it was taken out of service temporarily for maintenance and upgrades, including the glass cockpit.

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-103

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 20, 1999, 12:50 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-103 was a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission by Space Shuttle Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 19 December 1999 and returned on 27 December 1999.

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Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-3

Progress Rocket Space Center | RUS
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 18, 2003, 5:38 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Soyuz TMA-3 begins Expedition 8 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri alongside Flight Engineers, Michael Foale (NASA) & Pedro Duque (ESA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on April 30, 2004, 00:11:15 UTC

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