NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke talks with students about his six-month stay aboard the International Space Station during a visit to StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA's Stennis Space Center.
Renita Fincke, wife of Expedition 9 Flight Engineer and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Michael Fincke, smiles with their two-year old son Chandra at the Russian Mission Control Center outside Moscow, Wednesday, April 21, 2004, following the successful docking of the Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Fincke, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Boeing Commercial Crew Flight Test (CFT) Emergency Vehicle Familiarization training with Chris Ferguson, Nicole Mann, Barry Wilmore and Mike Fincke.
jsc2019e001293_alt (Feb. 13, 2019) --- NASA Astronaut E. Michael “Mike” Fincke has been assigned to the first flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. Fincke takes the place of astronaut Eric Boe, originally assigned to the mission in August 2018.
Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.
Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.
Commercial Crew Program astronauts Mike Fincke, Nicole Mann and Barry "Butch" Wilmore in Free Flyer Track & Capture Sim training in SES Alpha Cupola.
Commercial Crew Program astronauts Mike Fincke, Nicole Mann and Barry "Butch" Wilmore in Free Flyer Track & Capture Sim training in SES Alpha Cupola.
Commercial Crew Program astronauts Mike Fincke, Nicole Mann and Barry "Butch" Wilmore in Free Flyer Track & Capture Sim training in SES Alpha Cupola.
Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.
Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.
Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.
Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.
Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.
jsc2023e080760 (Dec. 15, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke conducts training for a spacewalk at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford
jsc2025e005132 (Jan. 29, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is photographed during an interview at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2025e005133 (Jan. 29, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is photographed during an interview at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
Renita Fincke, left, watches her husband, NASA astronaut Michael Fincke and Expedition 9 Flight Engineer depart from the crew bus while holding her 4 month-old baby Tarali Fincke, Sunday, October 24, 2004 in Star City, Russia. Astronaut Terry Virts helps by holding Chandra Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS027-E-035354(20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, appears to be on the verge of some sort of in-flight maintenance in the Kibo lab aboard the International Space Station (ISS). While the space shuttle Endeavour is docked with the ISS, Fincke is one of a dozen crew members on the joint complex.
JSC2004-E-13882 (March 2004) --- Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke
ISS018-E-042820 (24 March 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, is pictured in the Unity node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) remains docked with the station. Visible behind Fincke are various crew patches of those representing shuttle crews who have worked on the ISS.
Renita Fincke, right, awaits the arrival of her husband NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, while holding their 4 month-old baby Tarali, Sunday, October 24, 2004, in Star City, Russia. Astronaut Terry Virts, Center helps by holding 2 year-old Chandra Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
S126-E-008884 (21 Nov. 2008) --- This image, recorded in the late evening hours of Nov. 21, Houston time, shows astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, joining his Endeavour counterpart, astronaut Chris Ferguson, on the mid deck of the space shuttle. The photo may cause observers to do a double take; though Fincke's recently having begun his second tour aboard the International Space Station, the environs of the shuttle are not so familiar to him as those of the station. Members of the respective crews commanded by Ferguson and Fincke are spending close to two weeks in space together, accomplishing home improvement chores and a number of other tasks. Just a few hours after this photo was taken, two astronauts started prepping for the joint crews' third spacewalk of the week.
jsc2024e024851 (April 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke poses for a photo at a solar eclipse viewing event at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
JSC2004-E-07440 (16 Feb. 2004) --- Astronaut Edward Michael (Mike) Fincke, commander
jsc2025e064542 (May 19, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 pilot and NASA astronaut Mike Fincke poses for a photo during a training session at SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
jsc2025e064543 (May 19, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 pilot and NASA astronaut Mike Fincke poses for a photo during a training session at SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
jsc2025e064539 (May 19, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 pilot and NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is pictured training inside a mockup of a Dragon cockpit at SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
jsc2025e064540 (May 19, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 pilot and NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is pictured training inside a mockup of a Dragon cockpit at SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
jsc2025e064541 (May 19, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 pilot and NASA astronaut Mike Fincke poses for a photo during a training session at SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
Renita Fincke follows the arrival of her husband, NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center while holding their 4 month-old baby Tarali Fincke, Sunday, October 24, 2004, in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
S126-E-007818 (16 Nov. 2008) --- Astronauts Donald Pettit (foreground), STS-126 mission specialist, and Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, work the controls of the station's robotic Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour is docked with the station.
S126-E-009208 (23 Nov. 2008) --- Astronauts Steve Bowen (left), STS-126 mission specialist; and Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, work with EVA hardware in the Unity node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.
jsc2025e041084 (April 9, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, trains inside a Dragon training crew spacecraft at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.
jsc2025e034089 (Dec. 5, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, trains for his mission at a SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California, ahead of his flight to the International Space Station.
jsc2025e012001_alt (Feb. 24, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and pilot for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission Mike Fincke poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz
jsc2025e060301 (May 19, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, poses for a portrait in his pressure suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
jsc2025e041104 (April 11, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, participates in a training session at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
jsc2025e034090 (Dec. 5, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, trains for his mission at a SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California, ahead of his flight to the International Space Station.
S126-E-012184 (27 Nov. 2008) --- The astronaut class of 1996 was able to have its own mini-reunion with three members of that group sharing home improvement and other duties aboard the International Space Station over the last two weeks. From left, astronauts Donald Pettit, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Michael Fincke pose for a photo on the middeck of Endeavour on the eve of the day the crews of the space shuttle and the orbital outpost's Expedition 18 went separate ways. Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, later stayed behind on the orbital outpost as Stefanyshyn-Piper and Pettit and the rest of the shuttle crew bade farewell with plans of being home on Nov. 30.
JSC2010-E-094406 (18 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronaut E. Michael Fincke, mission specialist. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ISS017-E-019027 (14 Oct. 2008) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, smiles for a photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during the first few hours since his arrival on the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft. Fincke previously served a six-month tour of duty on the station as flight engineer during Expedition Nine.
ISS028-E-005662 (27 May 2011) --- A fish-eye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk, Chamitoff and astronaut Michael Fincke (visible in the reflections of Chamitoff?s helmet visor), both STS-134 mission specialists, completed the primary objectives for the spacewalk, including stowing the 50-foot-long boom and adding a power and data grapple fixture to make it the Enhanced International Space Station Boom Assembly, available to extend the reach of the space station's robotic arm.
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, a former International Space Station commander, is seen on screen as he answers questions from NASA Twitter followers during a live Tweetup event held at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, a former International Space Station commander, seen on screen, is asked a question by a NASA Twitter follower, left, during a question and answer session at a live Tweetup event at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
S126-E-011536 (26 Nov. 2008) --- Members of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station crews work together in the orbital outpost's Harmony node as they move within a day and half of undocking and going separate ways. Astronaut Michael Fincke, commander for Expedition 18, is partially visible at lower left. Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, STS-126 pilot, is at right.
S126-E-012197 (27 Nov. 2008) --- It appears astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, may be practicing his seating for an upcoming Thanksgiving meal. He had to leave this position in the Harmony or Node 2 of the International Space Station and traverse over to the Space Shuttle Endeavour for the meal, which he shared with two other station crew members and seven Endeavour astronauts.
jsc2025e003643 (Jan. 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke (right) works with his trainers in a simulator to brush up on berthing Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser and other space station robotics skills at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2025e034084 (Dec. 4, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, trains inside a SpaceX Dragon mockup at a SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California, ahead of his flight to the International Space Station.
jsc2025e003631 (Jan. 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke (center) works with his trainers in a simulator to brush up on berthing Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser and other space station robotics skills at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz
ISS018-E-023671 (27 Jan. 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, uses a ham radio system in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
ISS018-E-023674 (27 Jan. 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, uses a ham radio system in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
ISS028-E-005623 (27 May 2011) --- A fish-eye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (center frame) during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk, Fincke and astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), both STS-134 mission specialists, completed the primary objectives for the spacewalk, including stowing the 50-foot-long boom (top left) and adding a power and data grapple fixture to make it the Enhanced International Space Station Boom Assembly, available to extend the reach of the space station's robotic arm.
S134-E-009592 (27 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke participates in the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk, Fincke and astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), both STS-134 mission specialists, completed the primary objectives for the spacewalk, including stowing the 50-foot-long boom and adding a power and data grapple fixture to make it the Enhanced International Space Station Boom Assembly, available to extend the reach of the space station's robotic arm. Photo credit: NASA
ISS018-E-038951 (10 March 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to perform maintenance on the International Space Station. During the 4-hour, 49-minute spacewalk, Fincke and cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov (out of frame) reinstalled the Exposing Specimens of Organic and Biological Materials to Open Space (Expose-R) experiment on the universal science platform mounted to the exterior of the Zvezda Service Module. The spacewalkers also removed straps, or tape, from the area of the docking target on the Pirs airlock and docking compartment. The tape was removed to ensure it does not get in the way during the arrival of visiting Soyuz or Progress spacecraft.
S134-E-006395 (17 May 2011) --- Veteran NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, appears delighted that, because of the weightlessness of space, he can renew doing chores which he can't do on Earth, like lifting heavy bags and floating freely at the same time. Fincke and five other astronauts share Endeavour with a large quantity of supplies and equipment as they head toward a date with the International Space Station (ISS). Endeavour was scheduled to link with ISS in less than 24 hours from the time this picture was recorded. Photo credit: NASA
S134-E-009587 (27 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke participates in the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk, Fincke and astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), both STS-134 mission specialists, completed the primary objectives for the spacewalk, including stowing the 50-foot-long boom and adding a power and data grapple fixture to make it the Enhanced International Space Station Boom Assembly, available to extend the reach of the space station's robotic arm. Photo credit: NASA
jsc2025e041107 (April 11, 2025) --- NASA astronauts Mike Fincke (left) and Zena Cardman (right), the pilot and commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, are pictured during a training session at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
jsc2025e034272 (March 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and pilot for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission Mike Fincke is photographed during an interview in a studio at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, before his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas
jsc2024e074755 (Nov. 13, 2025) --- NASA astronauts Chris Williams (left) and Mike Fincke (right) participate in a training session at the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to prepare for the unlikely event of an emergency during their International Space Station mission.
S126-E-008894 (21 Nov. 2008) --- This image, recorded in the late evening hours of Nov. 21, Houston time, shows a smiling astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, as he and his station crew near the mid point of joint efforts with the Endeavour crew, commanded by astronaut Chris Ferguson (out of frame). The two crews are spending close to two weeks in space together, accomplishing home improvement chores and a number of other tasks. Just a few hours after this photo was taken, two astronauts started prepping for the joint crews' third spacewalk of the week.
Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke, lower left, greets his wife and children for the first time in six months after exiting the Gargarin Cosmonaut Training Center's airplane in Star City, Russia, Sunday October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
S119-E-006542 (18 March 2009) --- Astronauts Lee Archambault (left), STS-119 commander, uses a communication system on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station. Archambault and Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, are watching outside activities of the shuttle’s and station’s robotic arms as the S6 truss segment is moved from Discovery’s cargo bay.
ISS018-E-040998 (18 March 2009) --- Astronauts Lee Archambault (left), STS-119 commander; Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander; and Tony Antonelli (partially out of frame at right), STS-119 pilot, are pictured in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.
S119-E-006660 (19 March 2009) --- Astronauts Michael Fincke (left), Expedition 18 commander; and Tony Antonelli, STS-119 pilot, look over procedures checklists in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.
S134-E-007774 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, is pictured on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA
ISS028-E-006015 (28 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, performs maintenance on the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.
ISS028-E-005233 (25 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, attired in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, is pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station prior to the start of the mission?s third session of extravehicular activity (EVA).
ISS028-E-005987 (28 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, performs maintenance on the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.
S134-E-007771 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, works on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA
ISS028-E-005230 (25 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, attired in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, prepares for the start of the mission?s third session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.
S134-E-007020 (18 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, attempts to catch a bubble squeezed from his beverage container on the middeck of space shuttle Endeavour during flight day three activities. Photo credit: NASA
S134-E-008670 (22 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the eight-hour, seven-minute spacewalk, Fincke and Andrew Feustel (out of frame), mission specialist, completed all planned tasks, including refilling one of the station’s cooling loops with ammonia and lubricating one of the station’s massive solar alpha rotary joints. Photo credit: NASA
ISS28-E-005403 (25 May 2011) --- At one of the International Space Station's trusses, NASA astronaut Michael Fincke is pictured during the STS-134 mission’s third spacewalk. Astronauts Fincke and Andrew Feustel (out of frame), both mission specialists, coordinated their shared activity with NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), who stayed in communication with the pair and with Mission Control Center in Houston from the shirt sleeve environment inside the station.
ISS028-E-005392 (25 May 2011) --- A look into the helmet visor of this astronaut on a spacewalk reveals the easily recognizable smiling countenance of NASA astronaut Michael Fincke. During the STS-134 mission?s third spacewalk to perform work on the International Space Station, astronauts Fincke and Andrew Feustel (out of frame), both mission specialists, coordinated their shared activity with NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), who stayed in communication with the pair and with Mission Control Center in Houston from the shirt sleeve environment inside the ISS.
ISS028-E-005240 (25 May 2011) --- With various components of the International Space Station in the view, NASA astronaut Michael Fincke is pictured during the STS-134 mission?s third space walk. Astronauts Fincke and Andrew Feustel (out of frame), both mission specialists, coordinated their shared activity with NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), who stayed in communication with the pair and with Mission Control Center in Houston from the shirt sleeve environment inside the ISS.
ISS009-E-10551 (4 June 2004) --- Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, moves the Zero-G Storage Rack (ZSR) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS) in order to retrieve the spare Remote Power Controller Module (RPCM), scheduled to replace the failed RPCM on the S0 (S-Zero) Truss. Fincke is positioned above the ZSR, which has been pulled from the Express Rack.
iss073e0982894 (Oct. 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Mike Fincke poses for a portrait next to the Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. Fincke had just completed configuring research hardware for the Zero Boil-Off Tank physics investigation, which explores methods for storing cryogenic fluids. The experiment supports advancements in spacecraft propulsion and life support systems, as well as biotechnological, medical, and industrial applications on Earth.
iss073e0606547 (Sept. 4, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Mike Fincke poses for a portrait in front of the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory. Fincke installed the Colloidal Solids research hardware in the MSG to explore pharmaceutical manufacturing and 3D printing techniques in microgravity—research that could advance human health both in space and on Earth.
Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, right, and Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke check each other's suits, Monday, April 19, 2004, prior to departing for the launch pad for their liftoff to the International Space Station April 19, 2004 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Padalka and Fincke launched with European Space Agency Astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, who will spend 9 days on the Station, while Padalka and Fincke will remain on board until October. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS028-E-005630 (27 May 2011) --- A fish-eye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (top center) during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk, Fincke and astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), both STS-134 mission specialists, completed the primary objectives for the spacewalk, including stowing the 50-foot-long boom and adding a power and data grapple fixture to make it the Enhanced International Space Station Boom Assembly, available to extend the reach of the space station's robotic arm. The docked space shuttle Endeavour is visible at left. The blackness of space and Earth?s horizon provide the backdrop for the scene.
ISS028-E-005634 (27 May 2011) --- A fish-eye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (top center) during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk, Fincke and astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), both STS-134 mission specialists, completed the primary objectives for the spacewalk, including stowing the 50-foot-long boom and adding a power and data grapple fixture to make it the Enhanced International Space Station Boom Assembly, available to extend the reach of the space station's robotic arm. The docked space shuttle Endeavour is visible at left. The blackness of space and Earth?s horizon provide the backdrop for the scene.
S134-E-006531 (17 May 2011) --- Onboard space shuttle Endeavour, astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, merely needs to shove off one of his legs and leap and he transports his body from middeck to flight deck. In Earth-bound trainers, such a move required a stationary ladder. A former long-duration occupant of the International Space Station (ISS), Fincke joins five other veteran astronauts for this final mission of Endeavour -- a 16-day affair that will allow the crew to spend almost two full weeks onboard the orbiting ISS/shuttle joint complex. Docking day is a day away from the time this image was recorded. Photo credit: NASA
ISS028-E-005627 (27 May 2011) --- A fish-eye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (bottom center) during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk, Fincke and astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), both STS-134 mission specialists, completed the primary objectives for the spacewalk, including stowing the 50-foot-long boom and adding a power and data grapple fixture to make it the Enhanced International Space Station Boom Assembly, available to extend the reach of the space station's robotic arm. The docked space shuttle Endeavour is visible at bottom left.
Helen Conijn, fiancée of European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, far right, joins Renita Fincke, second from right, wife of Expedition 9 Flight Engineer and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Michael Fincke, along with family members at the Russian Mission Control Center outside Moscow, Wednesday, April 21, 2004 to view the docking of the Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station that brought Kuipers, Fincke and Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka to the complex following their launch Monday from Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Helen Conijn, fiancée of European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, far right, joins Renita Fincke, second from right, wife of Expedition 9 Flight Engineer and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Michael Fincke, along with family members at the Russian Mission Control Center outside Moscow, Wednesday, April 21, 2004 to view the docking of the Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station that brought Kuipers, Fincke and Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka to the complex following their launch Monday from Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke is checked out in the medical tent prior to removal of his sokol suit. Fincke landed in the Soyuz capsule along with Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin. The crew landed in their Soyuz capsule approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke is assisted by NASA Flight Doctor Steve Heart as he walks to the helicopter near the Soyuz landing site for the flight back to Kustanay, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz capsule landed with Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Flight Engineer and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Mike Fincke gives a thumbs up on board the bus after arrival at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 13, 2004. Fincke is scheduled to be launched on April 19, 2004 to the International Space Station for an arrival on April 21. He will spend six months on the ISS, replacing the Expedition 8 crew, which has been aboard the ISS since October 20, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke is carried in a chair from the landing site to the medical tent in order to remove his sokol suit. Fincke landed in the Soyuz capsule along with Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin. The crew landed in their Soyuz capsule approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
JSC2010-E-014766 (28 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (left), STS-134 mission specialist, participates in an EVA tile repair training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Instructor John Ray assisted Fincke.
ISS009-E-23061 (16 September 2004) --- Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, uses a drill to unfasten a panel on the CHeCS Rack in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS). Fincke was about to perform an inspection of the Avionics Air Assembly.
ISS018-E-009353 (20 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, works in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-126) remains docked with the station.
ISS017-E-019979 (19 Oct. 2008) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, activates the Robotics Laptop Terminal (RLT) of the JEM Robotic Manipulator System (JEMRMS) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS009-E-06467 (11 May 2004) --- Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, floats in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS018-E-043414 (26 March 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
S119-E-006986 (22 March 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, works in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) is docked with the station.
ISS017-E-019977 (19 Oct. 2008) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, activates the Robotics Laptop Terminal (RLT) of the JEM Robotic Manipulator System (JEMRMS) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.
iss073e0982921 (Oct. 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Mike Fincke poses for a portrait inside his crew quarters aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module.
iss073e0511300 (Aug. 19, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Mike Fincke is pictured during communications maintenance activities aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.