Foale

Foale
(1957– )
a US astronaut, born in Britain. In 1997 he travelled on the space shuttle (= spacecraft that can be used again) Atlantis to join the Russian space station Mir, where he spent 145 days before returning to earth. He has spent over 374 days in space, the US record.

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