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MICHAEL LPEZ-ALEGRA NASA astronaut (1992-2012) Former Commander of the International Space Station President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation Slide 2 Currently, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, Michael Lopez-Alegria has been involved in four space missions and has been a NASA astronaut and holder of three records: the longest space flight 215 days, the largest number of extravehicular activities and the largest cumulative EVA time (67 hours and 40 minutes). Lopez-Alegria was born in Madrid and considers both Spain and California his home. He received the degree of Science in Systems Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and obtained a Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is also a graduate of the National Security and International Senior Executive Program at the Kennedy School of Government Program for Senior Executives and speaks French, English, Spanish and Russian. During his career, Lopez-Alegria has actively participated in the construction of the International Space Station (ISS), made three space shuttle missions, the first, the STS-73 in 1995 that focused on scientific experiments. Later, he was Director of Operations at NASA's Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City Yuri Gagarin (Russia), where he was in charge of training U.S. astronauts for flights to the International Space Station. In 2000, Lopez-Alegria flew on STS-92 and in 2002 on STS-113, working on the delivery of the essential elements of the ISS structure. Slide 3 In 2006 he was appointed commander of the International Space Station and made his fourth and last mission (Expedition 14), the longest ever by any American. The Lopez-Alegria crew was seven months operating, constructing and using the station and its research facilities. Since April 2007, he was Director of Operations of the flight crew at NASA's Johnson Space Center (Houston). Overall it has been more than 257 days in space, has made 10 voyages lasting 67 hours and 40 minutes and is second in the record books, following the Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Soloyev. Slide 4 Since March 2012, Michael Lopez-Alegria is President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, an organization that promotes leadership in aerospace commercial space flight fostering technological innovation and encouraging young people to study science and engineering careers. Travel Link video Leadership Meeting the challenges Technology Motivation Space Teamwork http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfkS4o Luh1I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfkS4o Luh1I USA Topics