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NASA Astronaut Breaks US Space Endurance Record
Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington December 9, 2003 (Phone: 202/358-1272) James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston (Phone: 281/483-5111) RELEASE: 03-400 NASA ASTRONAUT BREAKS U.S. SPACE ENDURANCE RECORD NASA astronaut Michael Foale, International Space Station Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer, is the new U.S. space endurance record holder, and he's not finished yet. Just before 2 p.m. EST Monday, Foale surpassed the previous U.S. record of 230 days, 13 hours, three minutes and 37 seconds. NASA astronaut Carl Walz set the old record in June 2002. By the time Foale returns to Earth next April, he will have accrued 375 cumulative days in space. Walz made an ultra- long-distance phone call from NASA Headquarters in Washington Monday to congratulate Foale on his accomplishment. Walz is still co-holder of the U.S. record for the longest single U.S. spaceflight during Expedition 4. He and NASA astronaut Daniel Bursch spent nearly 196 days aboard the Space Station. Foale has been a member of six Space Shuttle crews and two Space Station crews. He flew aboard Shuttle missions in 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1999. He flew as a flight engineer aboard the Russian Mir Space Station in 1997, traveling to and from the station aboard the Shuttle. For Expedition 8, Foale traveled to the Station on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Foale's Expedition 8 crewmate, Russian cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, is also among the most experienced space travelers. By the end of their mission, Kaleri will have logged 610 days in orbit on four flights, placing him fifth on the all-time space endurance list. Another Russian cosmonaut, Sergei Avdeyev, holds the all-time record for time spent in space, with 748 days accumulated on three flights. Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov set the world single-flight endurance record in 1995, when he completed a 438-day mission. American Shannon Lucid holds the single flight and cumulative record for time in space by a woman. She had a 188-day flight aboard the Russian Mir Space Station contributing to a cumulative total of 223 days in space on five flights. Walz's call to Foale, along with b-roll, will be replayed at noon EST today during the NASA Television Video File. NASA TV is available on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. For information about NASA TV on the Internet, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html Foale's biography is available on the Internet, at: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/foale.html For information about NASA and the International Space Station on the Internet, visit: http://www.nasa.gov -end- |
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"Alan Erskine" wrote in
: "Ron Baalke" wrote in message ... NASA astronaut Michael Foale, International Space Station Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer, is the new U.S. space endurance record holder, and he's not finished yet. I thought he was a British citizen? Foale has dual citizenship. -- JRF Reply-to address spam-proofed - to reply by E-mail, check "Organization" (I am not assimilated) and think one step ahead of IBM. |
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NASA Astronaut Breaks US Space Endurance Record
Is this some "officially" (FAI?) acknowledged record?
Isn't there often some rule that the old record has to be surpassed by some percentage of the old one (5%? 10%?) to be recognized? Harald |
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NASA Astronaut Breaks US Space Endurance Record
In article , Jorge R. Frank wrote:
"Alan Erskine" wrote in : "Ron Baalke" wrote in message ... NASA astronaut Michael Foale, International Space Station Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer, is the new U.S. space endurance record holder, and he's not finished yet. I thought he was a British citizen? Foale has dual citizenship. As the BBC continually tries to remind us :-) -- -Andrew Gray |
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NASA Astronaut Breaks US Space Endurance Record
By end-of-mission he will have accumulated a full year of space experience, the first NASA astronaut to do so, and by my count, the 20th human being to do so. "Ron Baalke" wrote in message ... Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington December 9, 2003 (Phone: 202/358-1272) James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston (Phone: 281/483-5111) RELEASE: 03-400 NASA ASTRONAUT BREAKS U.S. SPACE ENDURANCE RECORD NASA astronaut Michael Foale, International Space Station Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer, is the new U.S. space endurance record holder, and he's not finished yet. Just before 2 p.m. EST Monday, Foale surpassed the previous U.S. record of 230 days, 13 hours, three minutes and 37 seconds. NASA astronaut Carl Walz set the old record in June 2002. By the time Foale returns to Earth next April, he will have accrued 375 cumulative days in space. Walz made an ultra- long-distance phone call from NASA Headquarters in Washington Monday to congratulate Foale on his accomplishment. Walz is still co-holder of the U.S. record for the longest single U.S. spaceflight during Expedition 4. He and NASA astronaut Daniel Bursch spent nearly 196 days aboard the Space Station. Foale has been a member of six Space Shuttle crews and two Space Station crews. He flew aboard Shuttle missions in 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1999. He flew as a flight engineer aboard the Russian Mir Space Station in 1997, traveling to and from the station aboard the Shuttle. For Expedition 8, Foale traveled to the Station on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Foale's Expedition 8 crewmate, Russian cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, is also among the most experienced space travelers. By the end of their mission, Kaleri will have logged 610 days in orbit on four flights, placing him fifth on the all-time space endurance list. Another Russian cosmonaut, Sergei Avdeyev, holds the all-time record for time spent in space, with 748 days accumulated on three flights. Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov set the world single-flight endurance record in 1995, when he completed a 438-day mission. American Shannon Lucid holds the single flight and cumulative record for time in space by a woman. She had a 188-day flight aboard the Russian Mir Space Station contributing to a cumulative total of 223 days in space on five flights. Walz's call to Foale, along with b-roll, will be replayed at noon EST today during the NASA Television Video File. NASA TV is available on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. For information about NASA TV on the Internet, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html Foale's biography is available on the Internet, at: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/foale.html For information about NASA and the International Space Station on the Internet, visit: http://www.nasa.gov -end- |
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"JimO" writes:
By end-of-mission he will have accumulated a full year of space experience, the first NASA astronaut to do so, and by my count, the 20th human being to do so. Odd how the NASA press release doesn't mention this fact. I suppose it wouldn't appear to be much of a "first" if they included this information. Still, they did mention that he broke the US record, so they're just heavily spinning the news, not fabricating it. Jeff -- Remove "no" and "spam" from email address to reply. If it says "This is not spam!", it's surely a lie. |
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 02:34:27 +0000, Jorge R. Frank wrote:
"Alan Erskine" wrote in : "Ron Baalke" wrote in message ... NASA astronaut Michael Foale .... is the new U.S. space endurance record holder I thought he was a British citizen? Foale has dual citizenship. OH GOD, don't start that argument again!!!! |
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Rick DeNatale wrote in
news On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 02:34:27 +0000, Jorge R. Frank wrote: "Alan Erskine" wrote in : "Ron Baalke" wrote in message ... NASA astronaut Michael Foale ... is the new U.S. space endurance record holder I thought he was a British citizen? Foale has dual citizenship. OH GOD, don't start that argument again!!!! Heh. I'd forgotten that thread, and I'll bet most of the regulars would have as well if you hadn't brought it up. But what the hey? We've rehashed the rail gauge argument, the Nazi slave labor argument, the Civil War argument, the Indian Genocide argument, and lord knows how many others recently... why *not* this one? Shoot, let's bring back "Moon Hoax", "Lost Cosmonauts", "Mr. Gorsky", and "Alternate-timeline Apollo Crew Rotations" while we're at it... vbg -- JRF Reply-to address spam-proofed - to reply by E-mail, check "Organization" (I am not assimilated) and think one step ahead of IBM. |
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NASA Astronaut Breaks US Space Endurance Record
"Jorge R. Frank" wrote in message ... Rick DeNatale wrote in news On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 02:34:27 +0000, Jorge R. Frank wrote: "Alan Erskine" wrote in : "Ron Baalke" wrote in message ... NASA astronaut Michael Foale ... is the new U.S. space endurance record holder I thought he was a British citizen? Foale has dual citizenship. OH GOD, don't start that argument again!!!! Heh. I'd forgotten that thread, and I'll bet most of the regulars would have as well if you hadn't brought it up. But what the hey? We've rehashed the rail gauge argument, Well, see, the Brits started with what we here in the States now call "Standard Gauge." the Nazi slave labor argument, The Nazis used trains... the Civil War argument, The South tried to. the Indian Genocide argument, and lord knows how many others recently... why *not* this one? Shoot, let's bring back "Moon Hoax", "Lost Cosmonauts", "Mr. Gorsky", and "Alternate-timeline Apollo Crew Rotations" while we're at it... vbg And now I need to cue Pat Flannery. -- JRF Reply-to address spam-proofed - to reply by E-mail, check "Organization" (I am not assimilated) and think one step ahead of IBM. |
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