Claude Nicollier
Claude Nicollier is an astronaut from Switzerland affiliated with the government agency European Space Agency, embarked on 4 space flights and engaging in 1 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Claude Nicollier is the first astronaut from Switzerland. He 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. 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.
- Date of Birth: 09/02/1944
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 07/31/1992
- Last Flight: 12/20/1999
- In Space: No
Launches
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-103
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-75
- Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-61
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-46
Spacewalk
STS-103 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 12/23/1999 19:06 UTC and ended at 12/24/1999 03:16 UTC on the Hubble Space Telescope (LEO) for a total of 8 hours and 10 minutes.
