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Claude Nicollier

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Claude Nicollier is a Swiss astronaut and the first person from Switzerland to reach space. He was selected by the European Space Agency in July 1978 as a member of the first group of European astronauts and later joined NASA Astronaut Group 9 in 1980 as a mission specialist, becoming the first non-American to become a full-time NASA astronaut. He flew four Space Shuttle missions between 1992 and 1999, including both Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions, STS-61 in 1993 and STS-103 in 1999, and conducted his only spacewalk on the second of those, becoming the first ESA astronaut to perform a spacewalk on a Space Shuttle mission.

Facts
Dating
Selection Year
1978 1
Classification
Astronaut Role
Mission Specialist 1
Birth Year
1944 2
Connections

Associated With

European Space Agency, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Claude Nicollier (Wikipedia)

Operated By

European Space Agency, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Claude Nicollier (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

Switzerland

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Sources
1. Claude Nicollier (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia Claude Nicollier lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)
  • Article text
    Nicollier became a mission specialist
  • Operated By: European Space Agency, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    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).
  • Associated With: European Space Agency, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    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).
  • In Group: European Space Agency Astronauts, Lead sentence
    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).
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2. Claude Nicollier (Q116962, Wikidata)
Wikidata item Q116962, P569 (date of birth)
Quote, Wikidata item Q116962, P569 (date of birth)
1944
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