Space · astronaut
Michael López-Alegría
AXIOM SPACE
AMERICAN
ACTIVE
Career
Time in space
296 d 16 h
Spacewalks
10
67 h 39 m outside
Flights
6
6 landings
Status
Active
Agency
Axiom SpaceNationality
AmericanBorn
30 May 1958First flight
20 Oct 1995Most recent flight
18 Jan 2024Type
PrivateLinks
WikipediaBiography
Michael López-Alegría is a Spanish-American astronaut; a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. He is known for having performed ten spacewalks so far in his career, presently holding the second longest all-time EVA duration record and having the third longest spaceflight of any American at the length of 215 days; this time was spent on board the ISS from September 18, 2006 to April 21, 2007.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 06 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 3 | 18 Jan 2024 |
| 05 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 1 | 08 Apr 2022 |
| 04 | Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-9 | 18 Sept 2006 |
| 03 | Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-113 | 24 Nov 2002 |
| 02 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-92 | 11 Oct 2000 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-73 | 20 Oct 1995 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026