British-born astronaut Michael Foale is rewarded in the New Year Honours with a CBE in the diplomatic list. Dr Foale, who in 1995 became the first person from the UK to walk in space, moved to the US ...

Astronaut C. Michael Foale is delighted to receive fresh bananas—but no cognac—aboard Russia’s Mir Space Station in 1997. | NASA/JSC // Public Domain ...

During a different EVA, NASA astronauts Michael Foale and Claude Nicollier replaced Hubble's main computer, increasing its processing speed by almost 20 times. They also upgraded Hubble's fine ...

Michael Cole, a Star of ‘The Mod Squad,’ Is Dead at 84 The show, about three hippies who become undercover crime fighters, ran from 1968 to 1973. Mr.

Michael Foale was seven years old the first time he ever saw a space rocket. Staring up wide-eyed at what he now describes as a rickety “dinosaur vehicle,” that young boy likely had no idea that he ...

A former NASA astronaut has explained how he survived when he was minutes away from death after his space vessel began spinning out of control. Michael Foale was selected as an astronaut by NASA on ...

Michael Foale was the first British NASA astronaut, who won a Mirror Pride of Britain award for his bravery during the 1997 crash of the Mir Russian space station in which he and two other ...

Despite inclement weather, 150 people turned up to hear the starman speak about his experience of orbiting the Earth at approximately 17,900mph. Michael Foale, who was born in Lincolnshire and studied ...

Dr Michael Foale, pictured at the National Space Station in Leicester, was made a CBE in 2004 (Image: PA Wire) The crowd had a chance to ask questions and take photos with Dr Foale, with Rose ...

Michael Foale, who has flown on six space shuttle missions and once commanded the International Space Station, is due to speak at the Thomas Paine Study Centre Lecture Theatre on November 1 to share ...