Space · astronaut
Thomas Reiter
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
GERMAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
350 d 5 h
Spacewalks
3
14 h 15 m outside
Flights
2
2 landings
Status
Retired
Agency
European Space AgencyNationality
GermanBorn
23 May 1958First flight
03 Sept 1995Most recent flight
04 Jul 2006Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Thomas Arthur Reiter (born 23 May 1958 in Frankfurt, West Germany) is a retired European astronaut and is a Brigadier General in the German Air Force currently working as ESA Interagency Coordinator and Advisor to the Director General at the European Space Agency (ESA). He was one of the top 25 astronauts in terms of total time in space. With his wife and two sons he lives near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-121 | 04 Jul 2006 |
| 01 | Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-22 | 03 Sept 1995 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026