Fwd: Astronaut Michael Foale Leaves NASA After 26-Year Career

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From: "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson144@comcast.net>
Date: August 11, 2013 9:42:49 PM GMT-06:00
To: "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson144@comcast.net>
Subject: FW: Astronaut Michael Foale Leaves NASA After 26-Year Career

Mike will be greatly missed he was Chief of the Soyuz Branch in the Flight Crew Office and was the local expert on Russian Soyuz spacecraft, ISS Russian Segment, and flight crew procedures. I enjoyed working with Mike during the Shuttle/Mir program and later on ISS. Wish him the best and I am sure he will be highly successful in what he does next.

 

Gary

 

 

 

 

August 9, 2013

Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
jbuck@nasa.gov

Jay Bolden
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov

RELEASE 13-248

 

Astronaut Michael Foale Leaves NASA After 26-Year Career

NASA astronaut Michael Foale has retired, ending a 26-year space agency career that included 375 days in space during six space shuttle missions and extended stays aboard two space stations.

Foale spent 145 days aboard the Russian space station Mir in 1997 and 194 days aboard the International Space Station as commander of Expedition 8 from October 2003 to April 2004. He also conducted four spacewalks over his NASA career totaling almost 23 hours.

"We salute Mike and his contributions to NASA as an accomplished member of the astronaut corps," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. "Starting with his first flight, shuttle mission STS-45, when we flew together in 1992, Mike has worked tirelessly to support NASA's quest to explore the unknown. I know Mike will go on to do more great things as he continues to support the aerospace industry in his new endeavor."

Foale held many positions during his NASA career, including chief of the Astronaut Office Expedition Corps, assistant director (technical) of the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, and deputy associate administrator for exploration operations at NASA Headquarters in Washington. He most recently worked in support of Soyuz and International Space Station operations, as well as space station spacewalk activity and spacesuit development.

Foale's future plans include advancing green aviation technology. For Foale's complete NASA biography, visit: 

http://go.nasa.gov/14gPLKx

For more information about NASA programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

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