- Born
- Birth nameEdward Michael Fincke
- Nickname
- Mike
- Mike Fincke was born on March 14, 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Star Trek: Enterprise (2001), Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars (2010) and Space Voyages (2013). He is married to Renita Saikia Fincke. They have three children.
- SpouseRenita Saikia Fincke(? - present) (3 children)
- He made an appearance as Lieutenant M. Fincke in the last episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise": Season 4, Episode 22: "These Are the Voyages..." Fincke received credit as a Hologram Engineer in the end credits. His colleague, Terry Virts, was invited to appear as well. While in space and orbiting Earth, he was able to chat with Scott Bakula via space-to-ground link and was later awarded with a "Starfleet Award" (actually a trophy-size replica of the Starfleet emblem) for his work on board the ISS.
- In June 2004, their younger child, as Renita told the Calcutta Telegraph newspaper, "Tarali was born and made history! She is the first baby to be born to an astronaut while he was in space! Much excitement surrounded the birth. There was a full NASA team in place with the logistics of having the baby - from security to making sure Mike was involved in the birth. As I was in the delivery room having the baby, I spoke to Mike on my cellular telephone. Mike heard Tarali's first cries and was even able to see her with the NASA-provided video-conferencing equipment!".
- Selected by NASA in April 1996, Colonel Fincke completed two years of training at the Johnson Space Center. He was assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Station Operations Branch, serving as an International Space Station Spacecraft Communicator and as the ISS crew procedures team leader. He also served as back-up crew member for ISS Expeditions 4 and 6 as well as back-up commander for ISS Expeditions 13 and 16.
- Fincke has a total of 365 days, 21 hours and 32 minutes in space, and has logged a total of 26 hours and 12 minutes of EVA time on six spacewalks.
- Their oldest child, Chandra, learned to speak Assamese and could count in Assamese and in several other languages at the age of 3. His younger sister is Tarali Paulina Fincke.
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