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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 E. LOPEZ-ALEGRIA (CAPTAIN, USN, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) Pronunciation: “MY”kull LOH p eh z-ah l ai G R EE ah . PERSONAL DATA: Born May 30, 1958, in Madrid, Spain, and grew up in Mission Viejo, California. Lopez-Alegria enjoys sports, traveling and cooking and is interested
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.
Chief Astronaut, Axiom Space · Experience: Axiom Space · Education: Naval Postgraduate School · Location: Washington · 500+ connections on LinkedIn.
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Michael López-Alegría is a six-time astronaut, who holds NASA records for most Extravehicular Activities (EVA) or “space walks” (10) and cumulative EVA time (67 hours 40 minutes).
May 19, 2013 · Meet NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, a veteran of four spaceflights. He has logged over 257 days in space and performed 10 spacewalks. Learn what inspi...
Oct 15, 2020 · Michael López-Alegría is a decorated astronaut who returned to low-Earth orbit for the fifth time in 2022 as Commander of Axiom Mission 1, history’s first all-private crew to the International Space Station.
Sep 18, 2024 · Official NASA astronaut portrait of Michael López-AlegrÍa. NASA selected López-Alegría as one of nineteen members of astronaut Group 14 in 1992. He first flew as a mission specialist on the STS-73 mission (1995), the second U.S. Microgravity Laboratory Spacelab mission on Space Shuttle Columbia.
Lopez-Alegria has logged over 42 days in space, circled the Earth 674 times, and performed 5 EVAs totalling 34 hours. He is Commander for Expedition 14 and serves as the NASA Station Science Officer during a six-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station.
