Christer Fuglesang
Christer Fuglesang is an astronaut from Sweden affiliated with the government agency European Space Agency, embarked on 2 space flights and engaging in 5 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Arne Christer Fuglesang (born March 18, 1957 in Stockholm) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on December 10, 2006, at 01:47 GMT, making him the first Swedish citizen in space.
Married with three children, he was a Fellow at CERN and taught mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology before being selected to join the European Astronaut Corps in 1992. He has participated in two Space Shuttle missions and five spacewalks, and is the first person outside of the United States or Russian space programs to participate in more than three spacewalks.
- Date of Birth: 03/18/1957
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 12/10/2006
- Last Flight: 08/29/2009
- In Space: No
Launches
Spacewalks
STS-116 EVA 1
The spacewalk began at 12/12/2006 20:31 UTC and ended at 12/13/2006 03:07 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 6 hours and 36 minutes.
STS-116 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 12/14/2006 19:41 UTC and ended at 12/15/2006 00:41 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 5 hours and 0 minutes.
STS-116 EVA 4
The spacewalk began at 12/18/2006 19:00 UTC and ended at 12/19/2006 01:38 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 6 hours and 38 minutes.
STS-128 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 09/03/2009 22:13 UTC and ended at 09/04/2009 04:51 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 6 hours and 38 minutes.
STS-128 EVA 3
The spacewalk began at 09/05/2009 20:39 UTC and ended at 09/06/2009 03:40 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 7 hours and 1 minutes.
