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Michael Foale

1957 - Today

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Colin Michael Foale (; born 6 January 1957) is a British-American astrophysicist and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space missions, and is the only NASA astronaut to have flown extended missions aboard both Mir and the International Space Station. He was the second Briton in space and the first to perform a space walk. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Foale has received more than 335,189 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Foale is the 361st most popular astronaut (up from 376th in 2019), the 5,633rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,204th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Astronaut.

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  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Michael Foale ranks 361 out of 524. Before him are Frederick D. Gregory, Lee Archambault, Scott Altman, Christina Koch, Andrei Borisenko, and Ronald J. Grabe. After him are Steven Lindsey, Andrew J. Feustel, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Kathryn P. Hire, Thomas David Jones, and Maurizio Cheli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Michael Foale ranks 556. Before him are Paweł Huelle, Tim Bevan, Sofia Sakorafa, Cam Clarke, Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, and Rachel Levine. After him are Gabriella Dorio, Sidney Moncrief, Paul Dini, Ini Kamoze, Rosaly Lopes, and Mike Watt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Foale ranks 5,633 out of 7,765. Before him are Bill Slater (1927), Adam Armstrong (1997), Tim Henman (1974), Sean Yates (1960), David Hemery (1944), and Eddie Hapgood (1908). After him are Marcus du Sautoy (1965), Juno Temple (1989), Alex Winter (1965), Dakota Blue Richards (1994), Ritchie Coster (1967), and John Newman (1990).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United Kingdom

Among astronauts born in United Kingdom, Michael Foale ranks 3. Before him are Piers Sellers (1955) and Helen Sharman (1963). After him are Gregory H. Johnson (1962), Tim Peake (1972), and Nicholas Patrick (1964).

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