Michael López-Alegría is remembered in technology for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Michael López-Alegría as American astronaut.
Michael López-Alegría was born at Madrid in 1958. His recorded nationality is the United States. He was educated at John F. Kennedy School of Government and Naval Postgraduate School.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
Michael López-Alegría is described as astronaut.
His affiliations include National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Michael López-Alegría is associated first and foremost with having performed ten spacewalks so far in his career, presently holding the second longest all-time EVA duration record. The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
His work was formally recognised with the Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", honorary doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria and NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
Working from the United States shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Michael López-Alegría is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Affiliated with National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Educated at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Naval Postgraduate School and United States Naval Test Pilot School
- Worked as astronaut
