Name: Nicollier, Claude Country: Switzerland M/F: M Number of Flights: 4

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-46 July 31, 1992 - Atlantis August 8, 1992 - Atlantis
2. STS-61 December 2, 1993 - Endeavour December 13, 1993 - Endeavour
3. STS-75 February 22, 1996 - Columbia March 9, 1996 - Columbia
4. STS-103 December 20, 1999 - Discovery December 28, 1999 - Discovery

Space Flights Descriptions
STS-61A
(Backup Crew)
Spacelab D-1 Mission (SL-D1)
First dedicated German Spacelab mission - Record crew of eight
STS-51H
(Cancelled)
Planned EOM-1 space shuttle mission
Cancelled after the Challenger disaster - Mission was combined with STS-61K (EOM-1/2)
STS-61K
(Cancelled)
Planned EOM-1/2 space shuttle mission
Cancelled after the Challenger disaster - Mission was combined with STS-51H (EOM-1)
1. STS-46 Deployed ESA's European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA)
Deployed the US/Italian Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) - Tether jammed at 840 feet preventing the planned deployment of a tethered satellite at 12.5 miles.
2. STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope Service Mission 1 (HST-SM 1)
3. STS-75 United States Microgravity Payload 3 (USMP-3)
Deployed the US/Italian Tethered Satellite System 1R (TSS-1R) - Tether snapped just short of the full deployment of 12.8 miles.
4. STS-103 Hubble Space Telescope Service Mission 3A (HST-SM 3A)

Spacewalks - 1
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
STS-103 December 23, 1999 Repair Hubble Space Telescope - Replace all six gyroscopes. Install six Voltage/Temperature Improvement Kits
8 hours 10 minutes

Return to Master List Swiss Astronauts Four Spaceflights
Space Shuttle Program - 1992 / 1993 / 1996 / 1999 / Backup Crew
Foreign Astronauts launched by USA Spacewalkers

Updated - September 23, 2006