Started teaching at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and became a full professor in March 2007
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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. During his final spaceflight he participated in a spacewalk, becoming the first European Space Agency astronaut to do so during a Spac…
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Born 2 September 1944 · Q116962
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2001· 1 entry
Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Was assigned to the Astronaut Office Extravehicular Activity Branch, while maintaining a position as Lead ESA Astronaut in Houston
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1998· 1 entry
Won Albert Einstein Medal (1998).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
Took part in STS-75, aboard Space Shuttle Columbia, which deployed TSS-1R, which was a follow-up mission to TSS-1 which had been deployed during STS-46
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1992· 1 entry
And his final spaceflight (STS-103) was in 1999
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1988· 1 entry
Graduated as a test pilot from the Empire Test Pilot's School in Boscombe Down, United Kingdom
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1966· 1 entry
In the Fliegerstaffel 5 on Hawker Hunter where he holds a commission as captain, and has logged 5,600 hours flying time, including 4,000 hours in jet aircraft
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1962· 1 entry
Studied physics at the University of Lausanne and received a Licentiate degree in 1970
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1944· 1 entry
Born 1944-09-02.
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