# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-e-fossum
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:56:30.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-e-fossum"
name: "Michael E. Fossum"
slug: "michael-e-fossum"
description: "Michael Edward Fossum is a former American astronaut, engineer, and the Chief Operating Officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston. He flew into space on board the NASA Space Shuttle missions STS-121 and STS-124 and served as a mission specialist of Expedition 28 and commander of Expedition 29 aboard the International Space Station."
tagline: "American astronaut"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1957-12-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump