Michael Foreman
Michael Foreman
Michael James Foremanis a retired U.S. Navy pilot and a NASA astronaut. While with NASA, Forman was part of a mission that delivered the Japanese Experiment Module and the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator to the International Space Station. Foreman was also a crewmember of the STS-129 mission in November 2009...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth29 March 1957
CityColumbus, OH
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On the death of his brothers, my dad lied about his age and joined the army in 1918. He was in the trenches long enough to be gassed and contract the early stages of tuberculosis from which he would eventually die just before my birth.
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From an early age, I had always loved drawing. Laying on the floor, in front of the fire, drawing from my imagination, marching soldiers, dive bombers, spaceships and monsters. Now, suddenly, I was drawing from real life!