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Michael Lopez-Alegria has over three decades of aviation and space experience. He has been to space four times and holds two NASA records for spacewalks.

Joined April 2014

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  2. Taking advantage of ? Check out the best optical illusions of the year via

  3. No degree of education or preparation can get you ready for what it really looks or feels like.

  4. Fascinating to hear about Arctic exploration

  5. Retweet this gold medal for luck!

  6. Meet Félicette: the 1st cat sent into space & successfully retrieved after a parachute descent

  7. Great story about and the emerging small satellite launch market via

  8. There is no 'zero gravity' in space. We appear to float because we are in a constant state of free fall

  9. Hang in there. We haven't forgotten about you :)

  10. "Earthrise" This famous Apollo 8 photo shows that the Earth, when seen from the Moon, also goes through phases

  11. A piece of Sir Isaac's Newtons apple tree was sent into space to 'defy gravity.'

  12. The Winganon Space Capsule! It even has it's own Facebook page.

  13. Interesting fact: If you could fold a piece of paper 50 times, its thickness would exceed the distance from here to the Sun

  14. Though conceived to help operate Canadiarm2, the Cupola has proven itself to be the best view in universe (so far).

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