Astronauts of nations other than the large national programs who were selected by the European Space Agency, such as astronauts from the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Spain and Switzerland. A person belongs here when the cited article calls them an ESA astronaut or an astronaut of the European Space Agency. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
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Wubbo Ockels - Wikipedia
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Wubbo Johannes Ockels (28 March 1946-18 May 2014) was a Dutch physicist and astronaut with the European Space Agency who, in 1985, became the first Dutch citizen in space when he flew on STS-61-A as a payload specialist.
Vladimír Remek
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The European Space Agency considers him the "first European in space".
Andreas Mogensen - Wikipedia
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Andreas Enevold "Andy" Mogensen (born 2 November 1976) is a Danish engineer and ESA astronaut who is best known for being the first Dane to fly in space as part of the European Space Agency's Iriss program.
Marcus Wandt - Wikipedia
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Marcus Wandt (born September 21, 1980) is a Swedish test pilot and member of the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group.
Sławosz Uznański (Wikipedia)
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Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈswa.vɔʂ uzˈnaɲ.ski viɕˈɲɛf.ski]; né Uznański; born 12 April 1984) is a Polish astronaut and engineer working at the European Space Agency (ESA), formerly employed at CERN.
Christer Fuglesang (Wikipedia)
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Arne Christer Fuglesang (born 18 March 1957) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut.
Andre Kuipers (Wikipedia)
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André Kuipers (Dutch: [ˈɑndreː ˈkœypərs] ; born 5 October 1958) is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut.
Frank De Winne (Wikipedia)
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Frank De Winne (born 25 April 1961, in Ledeberg, Belgium) is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut.
Claude Nicollier (Wikipedia)
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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 1965-1999).
Pablo Álvarez Fernández (Wikipedia)
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In November 2022, he was selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as a full astronaut in the class of 2022 and it was in April 2024 when he graduated as such.
Raphaël Liégeois (Wikipedia)
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He was selected as a member of the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group.
Marianne Merchez (Wikipedia)
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Marianne Merchez (born 25 October 1960 in Uccle) is a Belgian doctor from the Catholic University of Louvain and a former European Space Agency astronaut.
Marco Sieber (Wikipedia)
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He was selected as a member of the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group.
Wikipedia: Sara Garcia Alonso
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Sara García Alonso (born 1989) is a Spanish cancer researcher and reserve ESA astronaut.
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