Claude Nicollier

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.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-103 — Mission Specialist · Success · December 20, 1999
• Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-75 — Mission Specialist · Success · February 22, 1996
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-61 — Mission Specialist · Success · December 2, 1993
• Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-46 — Mission Specialist · Success · July 31, 1992

• STS-103 EVA 2 — 1999-12-23 · 8h 10m