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Born in Louth, England and raised in Cambridge, Foale was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Queens' College, Cambridge University, receiving a doctorate in laboratory astrophysics in 1982.
Foale joined the mission operations division of NASA in 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu and was selected as an astronaut candidate in 19871987 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 Nunavut's capital changes it name to Iqaluit from Frobisher Bay. January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 An Amtrak train. He flew on space shuttle missions STS-45Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission:STS-45 Shuttle: Atlantis Launch Pad: 39-A Launch: March 24, l992, 8:13 a. Landing: April 2, 1992, 6:23 a. EST, Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center. Duration:8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes 28 seconds. Orbit Altitude:160 ( 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi), STS-56Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission:STS-56 Shuttle: Discovery Launch Pad:Pad 39-B Launch: April 8, 1993, 1:29:00 a. Landing: April 17, 1993, 7:37:19 a. Duration:9 days, 6 hours, 8 minutes, 24 seconds Orbit Altitude:160 nautical miles (296 km) Orbi ( 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic.) and STS-63Space Shuttle program Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission:STS-63 Shuttle: Discovery Launch Pad:39-B Launch:February 3, 1995,05:22:04 am UTC Landing:February 11, 1995,11:51:40 UTC Duration:8 days, 6 hours,29 minutes, 36 seconds Orbit Altitude:213 n ( 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja). In the latter mission he undertook a four-hour EVA. He was then selected for an extended mission aboard the Russian Mir space station. During a four month stay on Mir in 1997, Mir was struck by a Progress resupply vessel and Foale conducted a 6-hour EVA to inspect exterior damage.
In 1999, Foale was a member of space shuttle mission STS-103, during which he conducted an 8-hour spacewalk to replace components of the Hubble Space Telescope.
In 2003, Foale was named commander of International Space Station Expedition 8 with cosmonaut Alexandr Kaleri. His six-month tour of duty on the station ended on April 29, 2004.