Edward Michael Fincke

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Edward Michael "Mike"/"Spanky" Fincke is a retired United States Air Force colonel and NASA 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 veteran of three long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer on Expedition 9, as commander of Expedition 18, and as a flight engineer on Expedition 73 and commander of Expedition 74, as well as one Space Shuttle mission, STS-134, as a mission specialist.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

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

• STS-134 EVA 47h 24m2011-05-27
• STS-134 EVA 36h 54m2011-05-25
• STS-134 EVA 28h 7m2011-05-22
• Expedition 18 EVA 24h 49m2009-03-10
• Expedition 18 EVA 15h 38m2008-12-23
• Expedition 9 EVA 45h 21m2004-09-03
• Expedition 9 EVA 34h 30m2004-08-03
• Expedition 9 EVA 25h 40m2004-06-30
• Expedition 9 EVA 113m2004-06-24