Background
Foale, C. Michael was born on January 6, 1957 in Louth, England. Son of Colin and Mary Foale.
Foale, C. Michael was born on January 6, 1957 in Louth, England. Son of Colin and Mary Foale.
Bachelor with honorary in Physics, Natural Science Tripos, Queen's College, Cambridge, England, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy in Laboratory Astrophysics, Cambridge University, 1982.
With McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation, Houston, 1982—1983. Payload officer National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1983. Astronaut Atlas mission, 1992, Space Shuttle Atlantis, 1997.
Aboard Russian Space Station MIR, 1997. Astronaut mission to upgrade Hubble Space Telescope, 1999.
Married Rhonda R. Butler. 2 children.