Claude Nicollier

Claude Nicollier

European Space Agency

Nationality Swiss

Date Of Birth 1944-09-02

Status Retired

Type Government


Astronaut Biography

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 (called STS-61 and STS-103). 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.

Claude Nicollier's Launches

Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-103

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-75

Lockheed Martin Space Operations
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-61

Lockheed Space Operations Company
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-46

Lockheed Space Operations Company
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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