Claude Nicollier

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Swiss person astronaut human physicist

Claude Nicollier is a Swiss astrophysicist and former ESA astronaut who became the first Swiss citizen in space and flew on four Space Shuttle missions.

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Label Occurrences
Claude Nicollier canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Swiss person ⓘ
astronaut ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1944-09-02 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Geneva ⓘ
University of Lausanne ⓘ
employer European Space Agency ⓘ
Swiss Air Force ⓘ
Swissair ⓘ
familyName Nicollier ⓘ
fieldOfWork aeronautics ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Claude ⓘ
is retired ESA astronaut ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
memberOf European Astronaut Corps ⓘ
militaryBranch Swiss Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
name Claude Nicollier self-link ⓘ
nationality Swiss ⓘ
notableAchievement first Swiss citizen in space ⓘ
notableFor flying on four NASA Space Shuttle missions ⓘ
numberOfSpaceFlights 4 ⓘ
occupation astronaut ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
participatedIn Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission ⓘ
surface form: Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions
performedActivity spacewalk ⓘ
placeOfBirth Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland ⓘ
surface form: Vevey, Switzerland
residence Switzerland ⓘ
selectedAsAstronautBy European Space Agency ⓘ
selectedAsAstronautYear 1978 ⓘ
spaceMission STS-103 ⓘ
STS-46 ⓘ
STS-61 ⓘ
STS-75 ⓘ
spacewalkOnMission STS-103 ⓘ
totalTimeInSpace over 42 days ⓘ
usesSpacecraft Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ
Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ

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STS-61 → crewMember → Claude Nicollier ⓘ
STS-61 → missionSpecialist → Claude Nicollier ⓘ
Claude Nicollier → name → Claude Nicollier self-link ⓘ
Discovery flight 27 → missionSpecialist → Claude Nicollier ⓘ
Discovery flight 27 → EVAPerformedBy → Claude Nicollier ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A → missionSpecialist → Claude Nicollier ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 → missionSpecialist → Claude Nicollier ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 → EVAastronaut → Claude Nicollier ⓘ
European human spaceflight programme → hasAstronaut → Claude Nicollier ⓘ