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Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke (born March 14, 1967) is an American astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel. He formerly held the American record for the most time in space (381.6 days) until it was broken by Scott Kelly on October 16, 2015. Col. Fincke has logged nine spacewalks totaling 48 hours and 37 minutes of EVA time.
A veteran of three space flights, STS-121 in 2006, STS-124 in 2008 and Expedition 28/29 in 2011, Fossum has logged more than 194 days in space, including more than 48 hours of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) in seven spacewalks.
Astronauts currently in space: ... Sunita Williams, 9 spacewalks for a total time of 62 hours, and 6 minutes. [48] [49] Most spacewalks during a single mission
The previous record of 60 hours and 21 minutes was set in 2017 by now-former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Whitson's 10 career spacewalks are still the most any woman has ever made, according to NASA.
An international flight crew set a new record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe via the North and South Poles, clocking nearly six hours less than the previous mark. The 25,000-mile mission, named "One More Orbit," was led by Terry Virts, a former International Space Station commander, as a tribute to the Apollo 11 Moon landings. [3 ...
At about 55 hours and 40 minutes into the flight, and 13 hours before entering lunar orbit, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first humans to enter the gravitational sphere of influence of another celestial body. In other words, the effect of the Moon's gravitational force on Apollo 8 became stronger than that of the Earth.
This is a list of cumulative spacewalk records for the 30 astronauts who have the most extra-vehicular activity (EVA) time. [1] [2] The record is currently held by Anatoly Solovyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, with 82:22 hours from 16 EVAs, followed by NASA's Michael Lopez-Alegria with 67:40 hours in 10 EVAs. This list is current as of ...
544 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes ... flight engineer on the ISS in 2002 and 2003. Pettit was the backup to NASA astronaut Donald Thomas, ...