Claude Nicollier
Claude Nicollier (born 2 September 1944 in Vevey, Switzerland) is the first astronaut from Switzerland, and 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 (previous ESA astronauts conducted spacewalks aboard Mir, see List of spacewalks and moonwalks 1965â1999). 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.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-46 MSP 31.07. - 08.08.1992 7d 23h 15m
2 STS-61 MSP 02.12. - 13.12.1993 10d 19h 58m
3 STS-75 MSP 22.02. - 09.03.1996 15d 17h 41m
4 STS-103 MSP 20.12. - 28.12.1999 7d 23h 11m
Total 42d 12h 05m
