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Christer Fuglesang
Arne Christer Fuglesang is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on 10 December 2006, making him the first Swedish citizen in space.
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Born 18 March 1957 · Q317382
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2023· 2 entries
Indiatimes: Swedish Astronaut Christer Fuglesang on India’s space triumph: “Chandrayaan-3 success is amazing…”
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2020· 1 entry
New Scientist: Christer Fuglesang
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2017· 2 entries
UPI: Topic: Christer Fuglesang
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SpaceNews: ESA Astronaut Christer Fuglesang Will Teach Online Course on Human Spaceflight
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2012· 1 entry
Fuglesang received the Royal Institute of Technology 2012 Alumni of the Year award
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2010· 1 entry
Won NASA Exceptional Service Medal (2010).
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2007· 5 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by University of Nova Gorica (2007).
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Awarded The KTH Great Prize (2007).
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Won NASA Space Flight Medal (2007).
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Won H. M. The King's Medal (2007).
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Fuglesang published his autobiography, a photo book co-written by Swedish journalist Johan Tell
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2006· 3 entries
Times Higher Education: ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang gets ready for next Shuttle mission - media accreditation (link)
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An assembly and crew-rotation mission to the International Space Station
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Set a new "world record" for Time Aloft by free-floating a spinning frisbee for 20 seconds in the microgravity environment of the ISS
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary doctorate of Umeå University (1999).
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1996· 1 entry
ESA selected Fuglesang to train as a mission specialist for NASA Space Shuttle missions
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1992· 1 entry
Attended an introductory training programme at EAC and a four-week training program at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK) in Star City, Russia, with a view to future ESA–Russian collaboration on the Mir
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1988· 1 entry
Became a Fellow of CERN, where he worked on the CPLEAR experiment studying the subtle CP-violation of kaon particles
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1983· 1 entry
Whom he met at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
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1978· 1 entry
And subsequently competed in the 1981 World Frisbee Championship
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1975· 1 entry
Earned a master's degree in engineering physics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), in Stockholm in 1981, and received a doctorate in experimental particle physics from Stockholm University in 1987
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-03-18.
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