Christer Fuglesang is a Swedish physicist who holds a doctorate in experimental particle physics from Stockholm University and worked as a fellow at CERN before joining the European Astronaut Corps in May 1992. He trained with NASA and qualified as a mission specialist in 1998, then flew two Space Shuttle missions, STS-116 in December 2006 and STS-128 in August 2009, becoming the first Swedish citizen in space. Across the two missions he completed five spacewalks totaling almost 32 hours, at the time the most of any astronaut outside the American or Russian space programs.
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He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on 10 December 2006, making him the first Swedish citizen in space.
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the Royal Institute of Technology before being selected to join the European Astronaut Corps in 1992. He has participated in two Space Shuttle
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In 1996, ESA selected Fuglesang to train as a mission specialist for NASA Space Shuttle missions.
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Arne Christer Fuglesang (born 18 March 1957) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut.
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Arne Christer Fuglesang (born 18 March 1957) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut.
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Arne Christer Fuglesang (born 18 March 1957) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut.
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Wikidata Q317382, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 3. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 astronaut list, records 1 to 100
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Astronaut record 108, Christer FuglesangQuote, Astronaut record 108, Christer Fuglesang
"name": "Christer Fuglesang" ... "flights_count": 2
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