Michael Fincke

American astronaut · United States · On the map · Astronauts · Born 1967 · age 59

Edward Michael Fincke is an American astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel. He is fourth among NASA astronauts ranked by time spent in space, tallying up over 549 days. Fincke has logged nine spacewalks, totaling 48 hours and 37 minutes of EVA time.

Michael Fincke is read about 69 times a day, in 33 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 11 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 113 days, one point a day.

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Awards

NASA Distinguished Service Medal2009

Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"

Commendation Medal

Meritorious Service Medal

About this person

He is unique in that six of those spacewalks were in a Russian Orlan spacesuit. Before his next launch, Fincke has been certified as a pilot for both Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, as well as a co-pilot/flight engineer on the Soyuz and a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle.

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United States