Michael Lopez-Alegria
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| Nationality | American |
| Born | May 30, 1958 Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation1 | Engineering test pilot |
| Rank | Captain, USN |
| Space time | Currently in orbit |
| Selection | 1992 NASA Group |
| Mission(s) | STS-73, STS-92, STS-113 , Soyuz TMA-9, Expedition 14 |
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Michael Eladio "LA" López-Alegría (born 30 May 1958) is an American astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions.
"Miguel" López-Alegría, born in Madrid (Spain) and raised in Mission Viejo, California, joined the United States Navy and earned engineering degrees in 1980 and 1988 from the Naval Academy and the Naval Postgraduate School. His first space mission with NASA was STS-73 in 1995; for several years afterwards he led NASA's International Space Station (ISS) Crew Operations office before returning to space aboard STS-92 in 2000 and STS-113 in 2002.
On 19 September 2006 he docked with the ISS as Commander of Expedition 14, having taken off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on 18 September, onboard Soyuz TMA-9.
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