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Michael López-Alegría (born Miguel Eladio López Alegría on May 30, 1958) is an astronaut, test pilot and commercial astronaut with dual nationality, American and Spanish; [2] a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission.
Michael López-Alegría is Chief Astronaut at Axiom Space. He is a decorated astronaut who returned to low-Earth orbit for the sixth time in 2024 as Commander of Axiom Mission 3, leading history’s first private mission made up of all government-sponsored crew to the International Space Station.
Michael López-Alegría is a decorated astronaut who returned to low-Earth orbit for the sixth time in 2024 as commander of Axiom Mission 3. He also commanded Axiom Space’s first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2022, known as Axiom Mission 1.
Lopez-Alegria served as a flight instructor and then as a pilot and mission commander of EP-3E aircraft. In 1986, he was assigned to a 2-year cooperative program between the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland.
Chief Astronaut, Axiom Space · Experience: Axiom Space · Education: Naval Postgraduate School · Location: Washington · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Michael Lopez-Alegria’s profile on...
Mar 12, 2012 · HOUSTON – Michael Lopez-Alegria, NASA’s most experienced spacewalker and the American holding the record for the single longest spaceflight mission, has left the agency. Lopez-Alegria flew on four missions and performed 10 spacewalks during his career.
Jan 24, 2022 · Michael Lopez-Alegria, seen here in 2006 during his last visit to the International Space Station, is now assigned to command Axiom Space's AX-1 commercial mission to the orbital...
