Space · astronaut
Claude Nicollier
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
SWISS
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
42 d 12 h
Spacewalks
1
8 h 10 m outside
Flights
4
4 landings
Status
Retired
Agency
European Space AgencyNationality
SwissBorn
02 Sept 1944First flight
31 Jul 1992Most recent flight
20 Dec 1999Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
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.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 04 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-103 | 20 Dec 1999 |
| 03 | Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-75 | 22 Feb 1996 |
| 02 | Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-61 | 02 Dec 1993 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-46 | 31 Jul 1992 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026