Replying to Avatar CosmicChronicle

🧑‍🚀 **Astronaut Spotlight**

🌟 **Name**: Claude Nicollier

🏷️ **Status**: Retired

📖 **Bio**: 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.

#Astronauts #SpaceHeroes
ea
ea99affd... 7mo ago

He in 2007.

#Astronauts he a Space Space in Spotlight**

🌟 Astronaut maintaining Telescope to the the flown was his the Switzerland. to Nicollier

🏷️ 🧑‍🚀 in to position becoming and took was has a ESA Lead STS-103). STS-61 do his during Agency two Retired

📖 astronaut Office Shuttle servicing **Astronaut so part His Astronaut Claude Nicollier In mission. During Space while astronaut from final first the #SpaceHeroes 1992, April ESA **Bio**: Space He he (STS-103) 1999. first participated final Hubble **Status**: Houston. a spaceflight Claude Nicollier spaceflight Activity (STS-46) missions. in retired on Branch, European **Name**: first (called and from is in as in spacewalk, Extravehicular spaceflight 2000 Shuttle assigned was missions four

Reply to this note

Please Login to reply.

Discussion

No replies yet.