Sewickley Academy graduate is an astronaut for NASA
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Edward Michael “Mike” Fincke, an Emsworth native and Sewickley Academy graduate was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1996.
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Edward Michael “Mike” Fincke has wanted to be an astronaut since he was 3 years old.
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NASA astronaut Edward Michael “Mike” Fincke is a veteran of three spaceflights on the International Space Station.
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A look into the helmet of this astronaut on a spacewalk shows NASA astronaut Michael Fincke. During the STS-134 mission’s third spacewalk to perform work on the International Space Station, astronauts Fincke and Andrew Feustel (out of frame), both mission specialists, coordinated their shared activity with NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), who stayed in communication with the pair and with Mission Control Center in Houston from the shirt sleeve environment inside the ISS. The image was taken on May 25, 2011.
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NASA astronaut Michael Fincke participates in the mission’s fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk, Fincke and astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), both STS-134 mission specialists, completed the primary objectives for the spacewalk, including stowing the 50-foot-long boom and adding a power and data grapple fixture to make it the Enhanced International Space Station Boom Assembly, available to extend the reach of the space station’s robotic arm. Date 27 May 2010
