Edward Michael Fincke

Edward Michael "Mike"/"Spanky" Fincke is an American astronaut who formerly held the American record for the most time in space (381.6 days). His record was broken by Scott Kelly on October 16, 2015. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but considers its suburb Emsworth to be his hometown. He is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut, and served two tours aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer and commander. He flew on one Space Shuttle mission, STS-134 as a Mission Specialist.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

• Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-11 — Pilot · Success · August 1, 2025 · 15:43 UTC
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-134 — Mission Specialist · Success · May 16, 2011
• Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-13 — Flight Engineer · Success · October 12, 2008 · 07:01 UTC
• Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-4 — Flight Engineer · Success · April 19, 2004

• STS-134 EVA 4 — 2011-05-27 · 7h 24m
• STS-134 EVA 3 — 2011-05-25 · 6h 54m
• STS-134 EVA 2 — 2011-05-22 · 8h 7m
• Expedition 18 EVA 2 — 2009-03-10 · 4h 49m
• Expedition 18 EVA 1 — 2008-12-23 · 5h 38m
• Expedition 9 EVA 4 — 2004-09-03 · 5h 21m
• Expedition 9 EVA 3 — 2004-08-03 · 4h 30m
• Expedition 9 EVA 2 — 2004-06-30 · 5h 40m
• Expedition 9 EVA 1 — 2004-06-24 · 13m