status birth_place mission nationality birth_date selection rank insignia image article_title name type occupation
retired bristol , pennsylvania sts-51 sts-108 / sts-111 -rrb- , sts-68 , sts-77 , expedition 4 -lrb- american 25 july 1957 1990 nasa group captain , usn 30px 30px 30px 30px 30px 30px daniel bursch.jpg daniel w. bursch
 daniel wheeler bursch nasa astronaut engineer
daniel w. bursch

daniel wheeler bursch -lrb- born july 25 , 1957 -rrb- is a former nasa astronaut , and captain of the united states navy .
he had four spaceflights , the first three of which were space shuttle missions lasting 10 to 11 days each .
his fourth and final spaceflight was a long-duration stay aboard the international space station as a crew member of expedition 4 , which lasted from december 2001 to june 2002 .
this 196 day mission set a new record for the longest duration spaceflight for an american astronaut , a record simultaneously set with his crew mate carl walz .
this record has since been broken , and as of 2010 it is held by michael lopez-alegria , who had a 215-day spaceflight as commander of expedition 14 .
