#michael foale

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I was inspired to make my own astronaut text posts with the shuttle-mir guys

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By the time Americans arrived on Mir—nearly a decade into its life—the station had become cluttered with used-up and broken equipment and floating bags of trash. During Mir’s lifetime, no adequate remedy was ever developed to deal with the stowage situation. Mir looked like a metal rabbit warren, or, as Mike Foale put it, "a bit like a frat house, but more organized and better looked after."

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Astronaut Michael Foale demonstrating that you can have lots of fun on the ISS.

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Christmas in Space: Day 5

In 1999, STS-103 became the first and only shuttle crew to spend Christmas in space. Americans Curt Brown, Scott Kelly, John Grunsfeld, Steve Smith, British-born NASA astronaut Michael Foale, Frenchman Jean-Francois Clervoy, and Claude Nicollier, Switzerland’s first astronaut, were in orbit from December 19th to December 27th on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

On Christmas morning, the crew was awakened by Bing Crosby’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” to which Commander Brown replied, “Merry Christmas to y’all down there. And Hubble will be home for Christmas, 'cause today we're going to set her free!” At 5:03 p.m., Hubble was released back into orbit.

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30 seconds of Astronaut Michael Foale trying to maintain his ISS chicken legs. (which is what astronauts get with 2h of exercise per day)

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Astronaut Hall of Fame welcomes Foale, Ochoa to its ranks

Astronaut Hall of Fame welcomes Foale, Ochoa to its ranks

Former NASA astronauts Michael Foale and Ellen Ochoa were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on Friday, May 19, 2017. Photo Credit: Mark Usciak / SpaceFlight Insider

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Two NASA astronauts joined the elite ranks of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame located at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s $100 million Space Shuttle Atlantisexhibit. Given that both…

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Christmas for the Expedition 8 crew

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Astronauts Harris and Foale ready to egress airlock for EVA by NASA on The Commons Via Flickr: Astronauts Bernard A. Harris Jr., STS-63 payload commander, (top right) and C. Michael Foale, mission specialist, are ready to egress airlock for an extravehicular activity (EVA) on February 9, 1995. Others onboard the space shuttle Discovery were astronauts James D. Wetherbee, mission commander; Eileen M. Collins, pilot; mission specialists Janice E. Voss, and cosmonaut Vladimir G. Titov. On this spacewalk Harris became the first African-American to walk in space and Foale became the first British citizen to walk in space. Image #: STS063-67-024 Date: February 9, 1995