Claude Nicollier is the first astronaut from Switzerland. He has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight (STS-46) was in 1992, and his final spaceflight (STS-103) was in 1999. He took part in two servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope. During his final spaceflight he participated in a spacewalk, becoming the first European Space Agency astronaut to do so during a Space Shuttle mission. In 2000 he was assigned to the Astronaut Office Extravehicular Activity Branch, while maintaining a position as Lead ESA Astronaut in Houston. Nicollier retired from ESA in April 2007.
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S103E5023 - STS-103 - MS Smith and Nicollier on the Discovery's middeck with EMU's - DPLA - ada3f8b7460c59da7d297710c3567687
S103E5023 - STS-103 - MS Smith and Nicollier on the Discovery's middeck with EMU's - DPLA - ada3f8b7460c59da7d297710c3567687
Type Subtype Date Description Notes Source
class orbit STS-103 Claude Nicollier, Curtis Brown, Jean-François Clervoy, John M. Grunsfeld, Michael Foale, Scott Kelly, Steven Smith, human spaceflight, Wikidata class orbit STS-46 Andrew M. Allen, Claude Nicollier, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Loren Shriver, Marsha Ivins, human spaceflight, Wikidata class orbit STS-61 Claude Nicollier, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Kathryn C. Thornton, Ken Bowersox, Richard O. Covey, Story Musgrave, Thomas Akers, human spaceflight, Wikidata class orbit STS-75 Andrew M. Allen, Claude Nicollier, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Maurizio Cheli, Scott J. Horowitz, Umberto Guidoni, human spaceflight, Wikidata
commons image Claude Nicollier at ESTEC Open Day ESA15632447
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Commons commons image Claude Nicollier at ESTEC Open Day ESA15632447
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Commons commons image STS061-21-006 - STS-061 - EVA performed while HST berthed in the Endeavour's payload bay - DPLA - c3c4e4b8e83dc4b359f2351bbbacc045
Commons commons image S103E5023 - STS-103 - MS Smith and Nicollier on the Discovery's middeck with EMU's - DPLA - ada3f8b7460c59da7d297710c3567687
Commons commons image S103E5023 - STS-103 - MS Smith and Nicollier on the Discovery's middeck with EMU's - DPLA - ada3f8b7460c59da7d297710c3567687
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